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GAY RIGHTS COALITION v. GEORGETOWN UNIV.

Nos. 84-50, 84-51.

496 A.2d 567 (1985)

GAY RIGHTS COALITION OF GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, et al., Appellants, District of Columbia, Intervenor-Appellant, v. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Gross, Washington, D.C., with whom John F. Daly, Laura A. Foggan, Ronald E. Bogard, Washington, D.C., and Carol J. Jennings were on brief, for appellants.

Charles H. Wilson, Washington, D.C., with whom Vincent J. Fuller, Nancy F. Preiss, and James C. Gregg, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellees.

Inez Smith Reid, Corp. Counsel, John H. Suda, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for intervenor-appellant.

Before FERREN, MACK and TERRY, JJ.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

Granting partial summary judgment, the trial court ruled that Georgetown University's refusal to "recognize" two gay rights groups as "official" student organizations violated the District of Columbia Human Rights Act's prohibition against discrimination by an educational institution based upon "sexual orientation."1 After a trial on the University's constitutional defense...

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