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LYONS v. SALVE REGINA COLLEGE

No. 77-1083.

565 F.2d 200 (1977)

Sheila M. LYONS, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SALVE REGINA COLLEGE and Sheila M. Megley, Ph.d., Individually and in her capacity as Dean of Students at Salve Regina College, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 25, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. McGinn, Providence, R. I., with whom Normand G. Benoit and Tillinghast, Collins & Graham, Providence, R. I., were on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Walter R. Stone, with whom Stone & Clifton and Joanne E. Mattiace, Providence, R. I., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, and CAFFREY, District Judge.

CAFFREY, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a final Order of the District Court which required defendant-appellants to reinstate plaintiff-appellee Sheila Lyons as a student in Salve Regina College for the purpose of obtaining a nursing degree.

Plaintiff filed an action in the District Court alleging a cause of action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970) in September of 1976. The complaint was amended to invoke the diversity jurisdiction of the District...

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