Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 17, 1972No. Record 7749, 7750, 7751, 7752, 7753, 7754, 7755PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGordon, J.
On April 24, 1970, a group of students of Madison College, a State institution, applied for permission to hold a “vigil” or protest gathering in Wilson Hall, the administration building of the College. The Dean of Student Services denied the application because the “vigil” qualified as a demonstration under College regulations and the regulations forbade a demonstration in a College building. Nevertheless, students and at least one member of the faculty, including all the defendants in this case, gathered in Wilson Hall on the night of April 26 to hold a “vigil”.
College officials requested…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- North Carolina v. RiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- State v. SparrowSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
- State v. SpencerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
- Hall v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. EdenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1979
- Cairns v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2003
- Martin v. Pendergrass v. W. S. Neil, Warden, Helen Jones Recor v. Martha K. Linder, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- Cregger v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1997
- Hicks v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2000
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