GUNN v. UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE

No. 7.

399 U.S. 383 (1970)

GUNN, SHERIFF, ET AL. v. UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE TO END THE WAR IN VIET NAM ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued April 29-30, 1970.

Decided June 29, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Louisell argued the cause for appellants on the original argument and on the reargument. With him on the brief on the reargument were Crawford C. Martin, Attorney General of Texas, Nola White, First Assistant Attorney General, Robert C. Flowers and Howard M. Fender, Assistant Attorneys General, and Charles Alan Wright. On the brief on the original argument were Messrs. Martin, Flowers, and Fender, and Miss White.

Sam Houston Clinton, Jr., argued the cause for appellees on the original argument and on the reargument. With him on the brief were Morton Stavis, Arthur Kinoy, and William M. Kunstler.


MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

On December 12, 1967, President Lyndon Johnson made a speech in Bell County, Texas, to a crowd of some 25,000 people, including many servicemen from nearby Fort Hood. The individual appellees1 arrived at the edge of the crowd with placards signifying their strong opposition to our country's military presence in Vietnam. Almost immediately after their arrival, they were set upon by...

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