Roberts v. United States Jaycees

The United States Jaycees (USJ) (plaintiff) permitted only young men to become full regular members, while women and older men could join only as limited associate members, but two local Minnesota chapters admitted women as regular members anyway, prompting USJ to revoke their charters. Local leaders then invoked the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA), which bars discrimination in places of public accommodation, and USJ sued Katherine Roberts, the state official enforcing the MHRA, arguing the law violated USJ's First Amendment right of association. The Eighth Circuit agreed with USJ that the MHRA was unconstitutional as applied, and Roberts sought Supreme Court review.