Legal Opinion
Olson v. State Board for Community Colleges & Occupational Education
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided May 6, 1982No. 81CA0372PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TURSI, Judge.
The issue presented on this appeal is whether the faculty advisor of a student-run college newspaper has standing to raise First Amendment challenges to the termination of funding for the newspaper. The trial court, on a motion for summary judgment, ruled there was no standing. We reverse.
On June 1, 1979, the student senate of Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs voted to remove the entire appropriation of $12,400 for the Pikes Peak News from the proposed 1979-1980 student activities budget. The Pikes Peak News was the student newspaper and had been funded by student…
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Epperson v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Healy v. JamesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wimberly v. EttenbergSupreme Court of Colorado · 1977
- Kingsville Independent School District, a Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff- Cross-Appellee v. Janet Cooper, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State Board for Community Colleges & Occupational Education v. OlsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
- Olson v. STATE BD. FOR COM. COLLEGES & OCCUP. EDUC.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1982
- State Board for Community Colleges & Occupational Education v. OlsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984