IRON ARROW HONOR SOC. v. SCHWEIKER

No. 80-5663.

652 F.2d 445 (1981)

IRON ARROW HONOR SOCIETY, a "tap" or recognition association for men, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard S. SCHWEIKER, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B.

August 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DuFresne & DuFresne, Elizabeth J. DuFresne, Steel, Hector & Davis, Joseph P. Klock, Jr., Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Drew S. Days, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., André M. Davis, Atty., Appellate Section, Walter W. Barnett, Julia Lamer, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Jessica Dunsay Silver, Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before TUTTLE, RONEY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of the trial court, 499 F.Supp. 496, dismissing a complaint seeking an injunction to forbid the former Department of Health, Education and Welfare from terminating its substantial contribution of federal funds to the University of Miami. The termination threat arose from the fact that Iron Arrow is an honorary-recognition society of the University which elects only men...

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