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IOTA XI CHAPTER OF SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY v. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY

No. 91-2684.

993 F.2d 386 (1993)

IOTA XI CHAPTER OF SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY; John Howlin; John Singsank, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY; Kenneth E. Bumgarner, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 10, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Joseph Forch, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, VA, argued (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., H. Lane Kneedler, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., R. Claire Guthrie, Deputy Atty. Gen., Martha M. Parrish, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendants-appellants.

Victor Michael Glasberg, Victor M. Glasberg & Associates, Alexandria, VA, argued, Jeanne Goldberg, Victor M. Glasberg & Associates, Alexandria, VA, Michael P. McDonald, Center for Individual Rights, Washington, DC, Stephen B. Pershing, ACLU of Virginia, Richmond, VA, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WIDENER and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and SPROUSE, Senior Circuit Judge.

OPINION

SPROUSE, Senior Circuit Judge:

George Mason University appeals from a summary judgment granted by the district court to the IOTA XI Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity1 in its action for declaratory judgment and an injunction seeking to nullify sanctions imposed on it by the University because it conducted an "ugly woman contest" with racist and sexist overtones. We affirm.

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