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Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, & Bisexual Group of Boston

1995

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Charlotte IGNASIAK

Contents

Consequences of the case

The beginning of the case

Constitutional issue

  • Saint patrick's day celebration
  • A wish to celebrate
  • A refusal by the Veterans' Council
  • What was the main problem ?
  • What was the answer ?
  • The wills of GLIB members
  • Effects over time

The beginning of the case

Allied War Veterans Council

GLIB

The obligation to integrate the group into the parade

Timeline

1995

1993

1992

The Supreme Court granted certiorari and heard oral arguments on April 25, 1995

Constitutional issue discussed

June, 19th, 1995

Supreme Court answer

Constitutional question

  • It did violate the Council’s free speech rights
  • A private parade
  • Importance of the 1st and the 14th amendments
  • Massachusetts State Court
  • GLIB members
  • Free speech Rights

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Composition of the Court

  1. Thomas
  2. Scalia
  3. Rehnquist
  4. Kennedy
  5. O'Connor
  1. Steven
  2. Ginsburg
  3. Souter
  4. Breyer
“a speaker has the autonomy to choose the content of his own message and, conversely, to decide what not to say”.

Consequences of the case

Generational conflict

Protests

  • Compared to the KKK
  • Obtained a permanent injunction against Council
  • Cancelled the next St Patrick's Day
  • Incitement to their own hate
  • Age gap not "open minded"
  • First and fourteenth amendments

2015

2017

A similar case

Dale v. Boy Scouts

In the spring of 2000
Prohibition of discrimination
In line with the Hurley case

Bibliography

  • UROFSKY Melvin L. Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc. [website]. The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica [27th of March 2022] https://www.britannica.com/event/Hurley-v-Irish-American-Gay-Lesbian-and-Bisexual-Group-of-Boston-Inc Oyez [website] Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc. [27th of March 2022]
  • https://www.oyez.org/cases/1994/94-749 Justicia U.S Supreme Court [website]. Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc. 515 U.S 557 (1995)[27th of March 2022]
  • https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/515/557/ GLUCK MEZEY Susan. Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc. [website]. Encyclopedia, 2009 [27th of March 2022]
  • https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/65/hurley-v-irish-american-gay-lesbian-and-bisexual-group-of-boston Quimbee. Hurley v. Irish American Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Group of Boston Case Summary |Law Case Explained [online video]. YouTube, the 23rd of February 2021 [seen on the 27th of March 2022]
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drZbCZlh