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SEYMOUR v. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY

Civ. A. No. 70-C-52-R.

313 F.Supp. 554 (1970)

Jane Ruth SEYMOUR et al., Plaintiffs, v. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY as represented by Dr. T. Marshall Hahn, President, Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Virginia, Roanoke Division.

May 14, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Dwoskin, Roanoke, Va., for plaintiffs.

Walter Ryland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmand, Va., for defendant.

OPINION AND JUDGMENT

DALTON, Chief Judge.

The simple question is whether over 100 students at V.P.I. can by sheer force take over and occupy a college building. The answer in the Western District of Virginia is an emphatic No, and this should be the answer in every nook and corner of America where a college is located. If students, in the name of dissent, can take over one building, they can take over and close the institution.

This court desires...

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