Hammond v. South Carolina State College

HEMPHILL, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Hammond, Stroman and Bryant, Jr., seek protection of their individual and collective constitutional rights. On February 23, 1967, while enrolled as students in South Carolina State College in Orangeburg they “assembled 1 themselves with numerous other students * * * upon the campus of said college * * * and expressed themselves * * concerning certain practices then in existence at said college.” On February 24, 1967 each received a communication from the Dean of Students which read:

You are directed to meet the Faculty Discipline Committee in my office, Room…