Legal Opinion
Norton v. Discipline Committee of East Tennessee State University
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 28, 1969No. 19107PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEICK, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, students of East Tennessee State University, were suspended by the University’s Discipline Committee after a hearing on charges of distributing on the campus “material of a false, I seditious and inflammatory nature.” J This material was calculated to cause a ‘ disturbance and disruption of school ac-j tivities and to bring about ridicule of ! and contempt for the school authorities. The students perfected an administrative' appeal to the President of the University, who upheld the decision of the Discipline Committee.
The students then instituted the present…
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- Ruth Robinson v. The Board of Regents of Eastern Kentucky University, a Body Corporate, and Robert R. Martin, President of Eastern Kentucky UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Inc. v. Radford CollegeDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1970
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