Legal Opinion
Lewis H. Sword v. James W. Fox
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 1, 1971No. 15391PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.
This is a class action, brought on behalf of all the students at Madison College, for a declaratory judgment that certain regulations governing demonstrations at such college were constitutionally invalid as overbroad and vague and as impermissible restraints on freedom of speech and assembly. Madison College is a State-supported institution, located at Harrisonburg, Virginia, with a student body of approximately 4,000, mostly women.
The regulations under attack, which were adopted three years before the incidents involved here and which are included in the…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Geoffrey Sill, in No. 71-1233, and Richard A. Parkany, Intervening v. The Pennsylvania State University Appeal of Alan C. CunninghamCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- The Black Coalition, an Unincorporated Association, and Cross-Appellees v. Portland School District No. 1, and Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- Johnson v. AndersonDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1974
- Joe Harold Williams v. Lloyd Eaton, as Football Coach of the University of WyomingCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
- Adamian v. University of NevadaDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1973
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