Legal Opinion
Bright v. Nunn
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 24, 1971No. 21022PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEICK, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of disorders on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington, between May first and eighth, inclusive, 1970, which occurred subsequent to the incursion of United States Armed Forces into Cambodia and during the period of the Kent State tragedy in early May, 1970.
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, defendant Louie B. Nunn, deemed it necessary to and did send units of the Kentucky State Police and National Guard to the campus to quell the disturbances and to restore order. Due to the disorders, he also imposed a curfew between 7:00…
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