Legal Opinion
Sword v. Fox
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided October 5, 1970No. Civ. A. 70-C-26-HPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
This action calls into question the extent to which a public institution of higher education may constitutionally restrict and penalize the manifestation of dissent by its students. The issues arise in the context of an application for a declaratory adjudication as to the validity of current college regulations on their face and as to the legality of imposing sanctions on the participants in two campus demonstrations. The plaintiffs, all students at Madison College when suit was filed, have moved the Court for summary judgment in their favor. Madison is a…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Joe Harold Williams v. Lloyd Eaton, as Football Coach of the University of WyomingCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Lewis H. Sword v. James W. FoxCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Johnson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1972
- Marin v. University of Puerto RicoDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1974
- McClung v. WeatherholtzDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1972
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