MARJORIE WEBSTER JR. COL., v. MIDDLE STATES ASS'N OF C. & S. S.

No. 23351.

432 F.2d 650 (1970)

MARJORIE WEBSTER JUNIOR COLLEGE, INC., a corporation v. MIDDLE STATES ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SECONDARDY SCHOOLS, INC., a corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1970.

Certiorari Denied December 21, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Herbert Plaut, New York City, filed a brief on behalf of Pace College, as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Mr. F. William Andres, Boston, Mass., filed a brief on behalf of New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Inc., as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Mr. Peter P. Walsh, Jr., Trenton, N. J., filed a brief on behalf of The Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in New Jersey, as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Mr. Harry V. Lamon, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., filed a brief on behalf of Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Inc., as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Mr. L. Dow Nichol, Jr., Chicago, Ill., filed a brief on behalf of North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Mr. Robert A. Mills, Harrisburg, Pa., filed a brief on behalf of Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities, as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Mr. William F. Hennessey, Seattle, Wash., filed a brief on behalf of Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools, Inc., as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Mr. Herman I. Orentlicher, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for American Association of University Professors, as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Mr. George M. Courts Oulahan, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Charles S. Rhyne, Benjamin P. Lamberton, III, and Robert H. Culp, Rhyne & Rhyne, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. C. William Tayler, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Edwin R. Schneider, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Messrs. John P. Tracey and Peter L. Wolff, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of the American Bar Association and the Association of American Law Schools, as amici curiae urging reversal.

Mr. John Merrill Scott, Sebastopol, Cal., filed a brief on behalf of Western Association of Schools and Colleges, as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and LEVENTHAL and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied December 21, 1970. See 91 S.Ct. 367.

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Inc., is a voluntary nonprofit educational corporation, the successor to an unincorporated association of the same name established in 1887. Its general purposes are to aid and encourage the development of quality in secondary schools and institutions of higher education located within its geographical domain (New York,...

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