Students Against Apartheid Coalition v. O'Neil

The Students Against Apartheid Coalition and the National Lawyers Guild, University of Virginia Chapter (Student Groups) appeal the entry of summary judgment in favor of University of Virginia officials in their 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West 1981) action seeking injunctive relief from the enforcement of a school regulation prohibiting display of symbolic shanties on the Lawn of the Rotunda building at the University. We affirm.

The Student Groups, in an effort to convince the University Board of Visitors to change its policy of investing in South African corporations, constructed shanties on the…