BRISTER v. FAULKNER

No. 99-50254.

214 F.3d 675 (2000)

Robert BRISTER, Roger Baker, Eric Samson, and William Medaille, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. Larry FAULKNER, etc., et al., Defendants, Edwin R. Sharpe, in His Official Capacity as Vice President for Administration and Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin; Donald L. Evans, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System; Honorable Tom Loeffler, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System; Rita C. Clements, in Her Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System; Thomas C. Hicks, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System; Lowell H. Lebermann, Jr., in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System; Patrick C. Oxford, in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System; A.W. "Dub" Riter, Jr., in His or Her Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System; A.R. (Tony) Sanchez, Jr., in His Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System; Martha E. Smiley, in Her Official Capacity as a Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System; and Larry Faulkner, in His Official Capacity as President of the University of Texas at Austin, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha Powell Owen, Austin, TX, for Brister, Baker, Samson and Medaille.

James C. Todd, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Sharpe, Evans, Loeffler, Clements, Hicks, Lebermann, Oxford, Riter, Sanchez, Smiley and Faulkner.

Before POLITZ, SMITH and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs were handing out leaflets before an on-campus event at the University of Texas at Austin's Frank C. Erwin Jr. Special Events Center (the "Erwin Center") when they were forced to leave the property because they were interfering with the arrival and departure of the facility's patrons. They sued university officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking damages, declaratory relief, and an injunction against future First Amendment...

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