Legal Opinion
Students Against Apartheid Coalition v. O'NEIL
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided May 15, 1987No. Civ. A. 87-0126-RPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
TURK, Chief Judge.
This case comes before the court on the plaintiffs’ motion for a permanent injunction. At issue here are certain regulations of the University of Virginia 1 that the defendants are enforcing to prevent the plaintiffs from erecting symbolic “shanties” on certain areas of the University’s campus. For the reasons set forth below the court has determined that the plaintiffs are entitled to relief.
BACKGROUND
At the root of this case are two historically significant American institutions—the First Amendment to the Constitution and the campus of the University of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Clark v. Community for Creative Non-ViolenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Acorn v. City of Tulsa, OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- One World One Family Now, a Hawaii Non-Profit Corporation James McDonough Bhaktivedanta Mission, Ltd., a Hawaii Non-Profit Corporation Anton Voight v. City and County of Honolulu Frank F. Fasi, Individually and in His Capacity as Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu Michael Nakamura, Chief of Police Donna Woo, Individually and in Her Capacity as Special Deputy Attorney General of the State of Hawaii and John Does 1-10, One World One Family Now James McDonough an Individual Bhaktivedanta Mission, Ltd., a Hawaii Non-Profit Corporation Anton Voight v. City and County of Honolulu Frank F. Fasi, Individually and in His Capacity as Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu Michael Nakamura, Chief of PoliceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
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