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FORTUNE v. MOLPUS

No. 29659.

431 F.2d 799 (1970)

Porter L. FORTUNE, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellants, v. David L. MOLPUS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 12, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen. of Mississippi, William A. Allain, Asst. Atty. Gen., James E. Rankin, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., Will A. Hickman, Oxford, Miss., for defendants-appellants.

Douglas C. Wynn, J. Wesley Watkins, III, Eugene M. Bogen, Fred C. DeLong, Jr., James L. Robertson, Greenville, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WISDOM, THORNBERRY, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

BY THE COURT:

On February 19, 1970, the University of Mississippi chapter of the Young Democratic Clubs of Mississippi requested Chancellor Porter L. Fortune's permission to invite Tyrone Gettis, President of the Student Body at Mississippi Valley State College, to speak on the University campus February 26, 1970. During January and February the allblack student body at Gettis's college had staged almost continuous demonstrations in support of numerous...

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