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JOHNSON v. COMMONWEALTH

186 S.E.2d 53 (1972)

212 Va. 579

Edward Devine JOHNSON, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. Robert Frank EVANS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. William MASSIE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. James W. McCLUNG v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. Jay Garland RAINEY v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. Stephen B. ROCHELLE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia. Lewis Hazen SWORD v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 17, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Lowe, F. Guthrie Gordon, III, Charlottesville (Lowe & Gordon, Charlottesville, on brief), for plaintiffs in error.

William G. Broaddus, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., D. Patrick Lacy, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN, and HARMAN, JJ.

GORDON, Justice.

On April 24, 1970, a group of students of Madison College, a State institution, applied for permission to hold a "vigil" or protest gathering in Wilson Hall, the administration building of the College. The Dean of Student Services denied the application because the "vigil" qualified as a demonstration under College regulations and the regulations forbade a demonstration in a College building. Nevertheless, students and at least one member of the faculty...

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