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1970 C. L. Dig. 1 (1970)

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January                     ,, /                                     1970
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CAMPUS SECURITY
California
People v. Chatman, The Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles (1969)
For the first time in legal history, a grand jury was persuaded to order
the indictment of student activists on mass felony charges. The indictments
were based upon a campus disturbance at San Fernando Valley State College
on November 4th., 1968. A delegation from the Black Students Union met
with the college athletic director to demand the removal of a football coach
they believed discriminated against Negro students. After the athletic di-
rector refused their demand, about fifty students marched to the administra-
tion building, occupied one floor, and held the acting president and other
college personnel captive for several hours. Twenty-four of the leaders
were arrested and charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment and conspiracy
to commit these offenses. All but one of the defendants were convicted,
thirteen for conspiracy. In announcing his verdict, Judge Brandler said:
We dare not and will not sanction or tolerate the use of force, violence
or other illegal acts to effect desired changes...College campuses are not
privileged sanctuaries where disruptive, violent, felonious acts go un-
punished. Counsel for the defendants announced that the decision would be
appealed.
Michigan
People v. Harrison, 13 Mich. 54; 163 NW 2d 699 (1969). Certain individ-
uals entered the student union building at the state university with signs
and literature expressing opposition to the war in Vietnam. They were ar-
rested and convicted in the trial court of violation of Michigan's tres-
pass-after-warning statute and the university's obstruction ordinance.
Upon appeal, the court held that their actions had not been sufficient to
constitute violation of the statute and ordinance.
Campus Disruptions During 1968-69, Alan E. Bayer and Alexander W. Austin,
American Coupcil on Education, 1969.
A Symposium on Civil Disorders: Scope of University Discipline, 35 Brooklyn
Law Review 486 (Spring 1969).
Black Power and Student Unrest, E. Ginsberg, 37 George Washington Law Re-
view 385 (May 1969).
Student Protests and the Law, Grace W. Holmes, ed., Institute of Contempo-
rary Legal Education, 1969.
The Constitution on the Campus, Charles A. Wright, Vanderbilt University
Law Review, 1969.
The Legal Aspects of Student Discipline in Higher Education, D. Parker Young,

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