Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski
U.S. Supreme Court · decided March 8, 2021 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- March 8, 2021
- Term
- October Term 2020
- Vote
- 8–1
- Majority author
- Justice Thomas
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2020 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus UZUEGBUNAM ET AL. v. PRECZEWSKI ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 19–968. Argued January 12, 2021—Decided March 8, 2021 Petitioners are former students of Georgia Gwinnett College who wished to exercise their religion by sharing their faith on campus while en- rolled there. In 2016, Chike Uzuegbunam talked with interested stu- dents and handed out religious literature on campus grounds. Uzueg- bunam stopped after a campus police officer informed him that campus policy prohibited distributing written religious materials outside areas designated for that purpose. A college official later explained to Uzueg- bunam that he could speak about his religion or distribute materials only in two designated speech areas on campus, and even then only after securing a permit. But when Uzuegbunam obtained the required permit and tried to speak in a free speech zone, a campus police officer…
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