Legal Opinion
Porter L. Fortune, Jr. v. David L. Molpus
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 12, 1970No. 29659PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BY THE COURT:
On February 19, 1970, the University of Mississippi chapter of the Young Democratic Clubs of Mississippi requested Chancellor Porter L. Fortune’s permission to invite Tyrone Gettis, President of the Student Body at Mississippi Valley State College, to speak on the University campus February 26, 1970. During January and February the all-black student body at Gettis’s college had staged almost continuous demonstrations in support of numerous demands made by them upon college officials. Chancellor Fortune concluded that Gettis’s appearance as a guest speaker at the University…
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3Cited by19 opinions
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