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CHESS v. WIDMAR

No. 80-1048.

635 F.2d 1310 (1980)

Florian Frederick CHESS, Dale Rhoton, Ronald Barnes, Glenn P. Garrison, Kathleen Anne Aguirre, Douglas Neef, Clark Vincent, James S. Colmer, Jr., Dawn B. Wallace, Jonathan Williams, Malinda Ann McMurray and Katherine Cyman, Appellants, v. Gary E. WIDMAR, The Board of Curators of the University of Missouri, Barbara Berkmeyer, Daniel L. Brenner, Robert A. Dempster, William T. Doak, C. R. Johnston, Marian Oldham, Wallace R. Stacey, M. D., Rex Z. Williams and Van O. Williams, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1980.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 1980.

Certiorari Granted February 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Smart, Jr., Smart & Whitehead, Kansas City, Mo., argued, for appellants; William H. Pickett, Kansas City, Mo., on brief.

Ted D. Ayres, Columbia, Mo., argued, for appellees; Jackson A. Wright, James S. Newberry and Robert L. Ross, Columbia, Mo., on brief.

Charles A. Blackmar and Jane E. Nelson, Kansas City, Mo., for amicus curiae, Bible Study, et al.

Barry A. Fisher, David Grosz and Larry J. Roberts, Los Angeles, Cal., for amicus curiae, Holy Spirit Assoc., et al.

Before GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and HEANEY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing En Banc Denied September 19, 1980.

Certiorari Granted February 23, 1981. See 101 S.Ct. 1345.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question of whether the University of Missouri-Kansas City, which permits recognized student organizations to use the student center, certain other buildings and the grounds of the University for political, cultural, educational, social and recreational events, may prohibit a recognized student group...

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