CHESS v. WIDMAR

No. 77-0756-W-2.

480 F.Supp. 907 (1979)

Florian Frederick CHESS, Dale Rhoton, Ronald Barnes, Glenn P. Garrison, Kathleen Anne Aguirre, Douglas Neef, Vincent Clark and James S. Colmer, Jr., Plaintiffs, v. Gary E. WIDMAR, the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri, Barbara Berkmeyer, Daniel L. Brenner, Robert A. Demptster, William T. Doak, C. R. Johnston and Marian Oldham, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Missouri, W. D.

December 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Smart, Jr., William H. Pickett, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiffs.

Jackson A. Wright, Marvin E. Wright, James S. Newberry and Ted D. Ayres, Columbia, Mo., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

COLLINSON, District Judge.

This action was filed on October 13, 1977 by eleven students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (hereinafter university). The eleven students are part of a religious group called Cornerstone, which is an officially recognized student group at the university. The students' complaint alleges that university officials have refused to allow the students involved in Cornerstone to conduct their regular...

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