NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASS'N v. GILLARD

No. 49739.

352 So.2d 1072 (1977)

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION and Walter Byers v. Larry J. GILLARD, by and through Bob Tyler, as next friend, and Mississippi State University.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Threadgill & Smith, William J. Threadgill, Taylor B. Smith, Columbus, George H. Gangwere, Kansas City, Mo., for appellants.

Harry N. Rayburn, Jr., Stennett, Wilkinson & Ward, Erwin C. Ward, Dixon L. Pyles, Jackson, for appellees.

Before SMITH, LEE and BOWLING, JJ.


BOWLING, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the decrees of the Chancery Court of Oktibbeha County granting appellees, Mississippi State University and Larry J. Gillard, preliminary and permanent injunctions against appellants, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Walter Byers, the Association's executive director. The preliminary injunction was granted on September 19, 1975, and the permanent injunction was granted at the conclusion of a...

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