USAID v. Alliance for Open Society International (2013)
| Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc. | |
|---|---|
| Argued April 22, 2013 Decided June 20, 2013 | |
| Full case name | Agency for International Development et al. v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., et al. |
| Docket no. | 12-10 |
| Citations | 570 U.S. 205 (more) 133 S. Ct. 2321; 186 L. Ed. 2d 398; 2013 U.S. LEXIS 4699; 81 U.S.L.W. 4476 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | On writ on certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; Alliance for Open Soc'y Int'l, Inc. v. U.S. Agency for Int'l Dev., 651 F.3d 218 (2d Cir. 2011) . |
| Holding | |
| The Policy Requirement violates the First Amendment by compelling as a condition of federal funding the affirmation of a belief that by its nature cannot be confined within the scope of the Government program. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Roberts, joined by Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor |
| Dissent | Scalia, joined by Thomas |
| Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. Amends. I; U. S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act (2003) | |
Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., 570 U.S. 205 (2013), also known as AOSI I (to distinguish it from the 2020 case), was a United States Supreme Court decision in which the court ruled that conditions imposed on recipients of certain federal grants amounted to a restriction of freedom of speech and violated the First Amendment.