Williams v. Owen

Hall, Justice.

This is a lawsuit brought by certain students of North Georgia College challenging a regulation termed the "commuter student” rule under which dormitory residence is required of most students. The regulation is primarily attacked on federal constitutional grounds as a violation of the rights of privacy, free association, and travel, and as a denial of equal protection of the laws to males. We rule that the regulation is not invalid for any reason alleged, and we affirm the trial court which upheld the constitutionality of the regulation and denied the temporary injunction…