WILLIAMS v. EATON

No. 72-1078.

468 F.2d 1079 (1972)

Joe Harold WILLIAMS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lloyd EATON, as Football Coach of the University of Wyoming, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

October 31, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Thomas Bastien, Denver, Colo. (David J. Hahn, Denver, Colo., on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Clarence A. Brimmer, Atty. Gen. of Wyo., Cheyenne, Wyo., for defendants-appellees.

Before HILL, SETH and HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judges.


HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is a sequel to our earlier consideration of this controversy involving several Black athletes of the University of Wyoming football team. They were dismissed from the team following a dispute over their intentions to wear black armbands during a football game with Brigham Young University. After their dismissal they sought relief by this civil rights action, claiming violation of First Amendment rights.

In the prior appeal...

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