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ALABAMA STUDENT PARTY v. STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASS'N

No. 87-7090.

867 F.2d 1344 (1989)

ALABAMA STUDENT PARTY, an unincorporated association; Cheyenne Miranda; Bertram Fairries; Doug Styles; Scott Sims; Jeff Kimel; Tammy McKinney; and Jerry W. Dyess, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA; John Merrill in his official capacity as President of the Student Government Association; Joab Thomas in his official capacity as President of the University of Alabama; and their respective agents, servants, assigns, successors in office, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 16, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Still, Reeves & Still, Birmingham, Ala., Neil Bradley, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Paul E. Skidmore, University Counsel, George B. Gordon, The University of AL System, Tuscaloosa, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge, and PAUL, District Judge.

RONEY, Chief Judge:

This appeal is from a district court order upholding against a First Amendment challenge certain election regulations of the Student Government Association (SGA) of the University of Alabama. We affirm, although on slightly different grounds than the district court.

Plaintiffs, individual students and an association of students interested in running for office, challenged regulations adopted by the SGA which (1) restricted the distribution...

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