SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY v. SMITH

No. 18519.

515 S.W.2d 63 (1974)

SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, Appellant, v. Mike SMITH, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. McElhaney, Turner, Rodgers, Sailers, Jordan & Calloway, Dallas, for appellant.

Judson Francis, Jr., Bean, Francis, Ford, Francis & Wills, Dallas, for appellee.


BATEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order granting a temporary injunction prohibiting Southern Methodist University from declaring Mike Smith ineligible to play intercollegiate football. We reverse the order of the trial court and dissolve the temporary injunction.

The plaintiff Smith is a member of the intercollegiate football team of the defendant Southern Methodist University (SMU). SMU is a private educational institution and a member of the National...

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