Legal Opinion
Iranian Students Association v. Dr. Granville M. Sawyer, President, Texas Southern University
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 16, 1981No. 79-3333PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a district court order granting appellees’ motion for attorneys’ fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, the Civil Rights Attorneys’ Fees Awards Act of 1976. Appellees, the Iranian Students Association of Texas Southern University and an individual member, brought this action against the President, Dr. Granville M. Sawyer, and the Board of Regents of Texas Southern University, challenging a ban on campus demonstrations and marches as violative of the first and fourteenth amendment rights. 1 Appellants charge that the district court abused its…
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