U. OF UTAH STUDENTS AGAINST APARTHEID v. PETERSON

Civ. No. 86C-0688A.

649 F.Supp. 1200 (1986)

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH STUDENTS AGAINST APARTHEID, an unincorporated association; Coalition to Stop Apartheid, an unincorporated association; Mark Nelson; Tom Price; Kim Applequist; and Ruth Nelson, Plaintiffs, v. Chase PETERSON, President of the University of Utah; the University of Utah; the State of Utah; and John Does I through X, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Utah, C.D.

December 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian M. Barnard, Utah Legal Clinic, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiffs.

Ross C. Anderson, Hansen & Anderson, Salt Lake City, Utah, for American Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.

David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., and William T. Evans, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS' REQUEST FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

ALDON J. ANDERSON, Senior District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This action involves a dispute between student groups and the University of Utah over the existence and extent of the groups' right to protest the South African apartheid system and the university's investment policy through the use of physical structures resembling shanties (hereinafter "shanties"). The university...

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