Legal Opinion
Gilligan v. Morgan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 21, 1973No. 71-1553PublishedCited by 575 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
Respondents, alleging that they were full-time students and officers in the student government at Kent State University in Ohio, filed this action 1 in the District Court on behalf of themselves and all other students on October 15, 1970. The essence of the complaint is that, during a period of civil disorder on and around the University campus in May 1970, the National Guard, called by the Governor of Ohio to preserve civil order and protect public property, violated students’ rights of speech and assembly and caused injury to a number of students and death to several, and that the actions…
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