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WAUGH v. MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY

No. 255.

237 U.S. 589 (1915)

35 S.Ct. 720

59 L.Ed. 1131

WAUGH v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1915.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.F. Fox, with whom Mr. Hamilton Douglas and Mr. William G. Cavett were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Jackson H. Ralston, with whom Mr. William C. McLean and Wm. E. Richardson were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error, herein called complainant, by a bill in the chancery court of Lafayette County, State of Mississippi, attacked the validity and sought to restrain the execution of an act of the State [act of Feb. 27, 1912, c. 177, Miss. L. (1912), p. 192], prohibiting Greek letter fraternities and societies in the State's educational institutions.

Section 1 of the act designates by name certain societies...

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