GAY ALLIANCE OF STUDENTS v. MATTHEWS

Nos. 75-2359 and 75-2360.

544 F.2d 162 (1976)

GAY ALLIANCE OF STUDENTS, an unincorporated association, Appellant, v. Alfred T. MATTHEWS, Individually, and as Dean of Student Life at Virginia Commonwealth University, et al., Appellees. GAY ALLIANCE OF STUDENTS, an unincorporated association, Appellee, v. Wyndham B. BLANTON, Jr., Individually and as a present member of the Board of Visitors at Virginia Commonwealth University, et al., Appellants, and Alfred T. Matthews, Individually, and as Dean of Student Life at Virginia Commonwealth University, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 28, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Crouch, Arlington, Va. (John M. McCarthy, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellant in 75-2359 and for appellee in 75-2360.

Walter H. Ryland, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees in 75-2359 and for appellants in 75-2360.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, WINTER, Circuit Judge, and MARKEY, Associate Judge.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

The Gay Alliance of Students (GAS), an unincorporated association of students at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), sued the Board of Visitors and certain administrative officers of VCU, seeking to obtain registration as a student organization and the attendant privileges of registration, which it alleged that defendants had declined to grant. The district court concluded not to decree registration...

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