Legal Opinion

Iranian Students Association v. Edwin Edwards

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 9, 1979No. 79-1390PublishedCited by 97 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

The Iranian Students Association and its named members brought this action under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West 1974) 1 against the Governor of Louisiana and officials of Southern University to enjoin enforcement of state and local ordinances and university regulations which allegedly interfered with the exercise of the plaintiffs’ first amendment rights. This alleged first amendment violation stemmed from the potential application to the plaintiffs’ planned demonstration of a Louisiana statute requiring the posting of a ten thousand dollar bond, 2 a municipal ordinance…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  2. Morrow v. DillardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  3. Edward Brown v. Robert E. L. Culpepper, Jr., Superior Court Judge of the South Georgia Judicial CircuitCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  4. Criterion Club of Albany v. The Board of Commissioners of Dougherty County, Georgia, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  5. Cynthia Bunn v. Central Realty of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979

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3Cited by97 opinions

  1. Dolores J. Copeland, Individually and on Behalf of the Class of All Others Similarly Situated v. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
  2. Familias Unidas, an Unincorporated Association, and Irma Torrez v. Dolph BriscoeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  3. Right to Choose v. ByrneSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1982
  4. Nazareth Gates v. John Collier, Superintendent of the Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  5. Cobb v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987

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