The Student Government Association, Etc. v. The Board of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, three students at the University of Massachusetts and three student organizations, sued the' University’s Board of Trustees and four University officials seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. The crux of the complaint was that the defendants conspired to violate the plaintiffs’ First Amendment rights to speak and associate freely and to petition the government with grievances by abolishing the University’s Legal Services Office. The plaintiffs appeal Judge Tauro’s order granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. See Student Govern ment…