Langendorf v. Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs seek to halt the construction of a nondemominational chapel on the campus of Newcomb College, á part of the Tulane University system, as a violation of the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution. We affirm the dismissal by the district court on the ground that plaintiffs have no standing to bring the suit.

The ultimate goal of plaintiffs is to obtain the $300,000 estate of James Mitchell Rogers. As the collateral heirs of Rogers, plaintiffs have twice before tried to obtain the estate which, by will, was left entirely to Tulane University for the…