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IRANIAN STUDENTS ASS'N v. SAWYER

No. 79-3333.

639 F.2d 1160 (1981)

IRANIAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Dr. Granville M. SAWYER, President, Texas Southern University et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

March 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark White, Atty. Gen., John W. Fainter, Jr., Ted L. Hartley, Paul R. Gavia, Gregory Wilson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., Laura S. Martin, Austin, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

J. Patrick Wiseman, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before AINSWORTH, CHARLES CLARK and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a district court order granting appellees' motion for attorneys' fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, the Civil Rights Attorneys' Fees Awards Act of 1976. Appellees, the Iranian Students Association of Texas Southern University and an individual member, brought this action against the President, Dr. Granville M. Sawyer, and the Board of Regents of Texas Southern University, challenging a ban on campus demonstrations...

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