LAIRD v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF INST. OF HIGHER LEARN.

No. 82-4485.

721 F.2d 529 (1983)

Kermit D. LAIRD, M.D., D.C. Strange, M.D., Russell Lyle, M.D., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING OF the STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gholson, Hicks & Nichols, Hunter M. Gholson, Columbus, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ed David Noble, Jr., Jackson, Miss., William Ward, Starkville, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before CHARLES CLARK, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs in this case challenge a Mississippi State University policy that allows university employed physicians to use campus facilities in their private practice. The challenge rests on the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause and Mississippi State law. Because we believe that the district court correctly found that the challenged policy bears a rational relationship to a legitimate state interest, we affirm its dismissal of...

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