Court Opinion

ID: 9455946
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 19:37:50.418981+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:34:47.841673
License: Public Domain

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.
I respectfully dissent from the entry of the foregoing order.
With deference to the views of my Colleagues, I am of the opinion that no substantial First Amendment question is presented by this case. Southwest Texas State University made no effort to interfere with the free expression of opinion; rather, it attempted to control its own campus to the extent of designating the time and the area in which the demonstration was to occur. The students flouted this effort and held the demonstration when they pleased and where they pleased. I believe that the University authorities had the right to specify time and place for this demonstration so as to avoid undue interference with the rights of 9,500 other students.
Furthermore, I dissent for reasons of sound public and judicial policy. I am opposed to the courts taking over, by emergency orders, the administration of college campuses in this Country, especially where, as here, the petitioners have had an evidentiary hearing before the District Court and have there been denied any relief.