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WOOD v. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

No. 75-1363.

539 F.2d 529 (1976)

Sanford W. WOOD, William D. Norwood, Jr., University of Southern Mississippi Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI, William D. McCain, President, et al., etc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 27, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel M. Gora, Staff Counsel, ACLU, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ed Davis Noble, Jr., Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before RIVES, GOLDBERG and GEE, Circuit Judges.

RIVES, Circuit Judge:

This action was brought against the Administrators of the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) by two professors, Dr. Sanford W. Wood and Dr. William D. Norwood, Jr., and by the USM Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The professors claim that their teaching contracts were not renewed because of their exercise of the rights of free speech and association secured by the First and Fourteenth

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