Legal Opinion
Sheila Blanton v. State University of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 19, 1973No. 19, 20, Dockets 73-1088, 73-1259PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:
In this action under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and its jurisdic-' tional implementation, 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3), five students who had been suspended for a semester from the College of Arts and Science at Geneseo, a part of the State University of New York, sued the University and Robert W. MacVittie, President of the College, for damages and an injunction. The District Court for the Western District of New York granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment and this appeal followed.
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The dispute had its background in a demand by the Geneseo Afro-American…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by54 opinions
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- Jose P. v. AmbachCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Patsy v. Florida International UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Francis C. Plano v. Clifford W. Baker, Individually and as Supervising Principal of the Westmoreland Central School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
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