Robert Counts, Jr., et al., Appellants, v. Voorhees College, an Unincorporated Educational Institution; Re v. J. Kenneth Morris, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Voorhees College, and Harry P. Graham, Acting President of Voorhees College, Appellees, 439 F.2d 723 (4th Cir. 1971)

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US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - 439 F.2d 723 (4th Cir. 1971) Argued April 5, 1971
Decided April 26, 1971

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston; Charles E. Simons, Jr., Judge.

Fred Henderson Moore, Charleston, S. C. (George A. Payton, Jr., Charleston, S. C., and Mordecai C. Johnson, Florence, S. C., on the brief), for appellants.

Terrell L. Glenn, Columbia, S. C. (Glenn, Porter & Sullivan, Columbia, S. C., and Crum & Crum, Denmark, S. C., on the brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BOREMAN and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:


This case arises out of disciplinary action taken against students participating in a disturbance at a private, sectarian college. We affirm the judgment dismissing the complaint on the opinion of the district court. Counts v. Voorhees College, D.S.C., 312 F. Supp. 598.

Affirmed.

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