MERKEY v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF STATE OF FLORIDA

No. 72-3231.

493 F.2d 790 (1974)

Brett MERKEY and Young Socialist Alliance, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The BOARD OF REGENTS OF the STATE OF FLORIDA, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 11, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Cycmanick, Jerome J. Bornstein, American Civil Liberties Union of Fla., Orlando, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert D. Bickel, Gen. Counsel, Fla. State Univ., Herbert D. Sikes, State Bd. of Educ., Stephen M. Slepin, Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before BELL, GOLDBERG and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 11, 1974.

PER CURIAM:

This appeal was taken from an opinion and order in which the district court upheld the right of Florida State University (FSU), a member of the state-supported university system of the State of Florida, to refuse recognition as a student organization to the Young Socialist Alliance (YSA). Merkey v. Board of Regents, N.D.Fla.1972, 344...

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