HAMMOND v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE

Civ. A. No. 67-165.

272 F.Supp. 947 (1967)

Joseph HAMMOND, John W. Stroman and Benjamin F. Bryant, Jr., a minor, by Benjamin F. Bryant, Sr., his Father and Next Friend, Plaintiffs, v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE, a public body corporate, Defendant.

United States District Court D. South Carolina, Orangeburg Division.

Decided August 31, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Perry, Lincoln C. Jenkins, Jr., and Hemphill P. Pride, II, Columbia, S. C.; Ernest A. Finney, Jr., Sumter, S. C. and Robert L. Carter, Maria L. Marcus, and Lewis M. Steel, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., South Carolina, and Ben T. DeBerry, Asst. Atty. Gen., South Carolina, for defendant.


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 "assembled1 themselves with numerous other students * * * upon the campus of said college * * * and expressed themselves * * concerning certain practices...

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