Legal Opinion
Gay Lib v. University of Missouri
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided June 29, 1976No. Civ. A. 74 CV 53 CPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS AND OPINION
ELMO B. HUNTER, District Judge.
Presented to the Court in the context of this case is the question of the legal right of homosexuals to form a student organization and obtain University recognition of it as a campus organization.
History and Facts of the Case
February 25, 1971, marks the beginning of an attempt on the part of a small group calling itself Gay Lib to gain formal recognition as a student organization at the University of Missouri at Columbia, Missouri. On that date, Gay Lib submitted three documents to the .Missouri Students Association (hereinafter referred to…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Shapiro v. Columbia Union National Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1978
- Gay Lib v. The University Of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Uberoi v. University of ColoradoSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
- Murray v. SevierDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1994
- Boddorff v. Publicker Industries, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
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