Gay Lib v. University of Missouri

Gay Lib v. University of Missouri, 558 F. 2d 848 (8th Cir. 1977), was a court case in 1977 about discrimination in student group recognition at state universities, namely the University of Missouri. The case reached the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The courts determined that "the University, acting here as an instrumentality of the State, has no right to restrict speech or association 'simply because it finds the views expressed to be abhorrent'."^[1]

Gay Lib v. University of Missouri
Court	United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Full case name	Gay Lib, et al v. University of Missouri, et al
Argued	February 17, 1977
Decided	June 8, 1977
Citation	558 F.2d 848 (8th Cir. 1977)
Case history
Subsequent history	Rehearing en banc denied
Court membership
Judges sitting	Donald P. Lay, William H. Webster, John K. Regan (E.D. Mo.)
Case opinions
Majority	Lay, joined by Webster
Concurrence	Webster
Dissent	Regan
Dissent	Floyd Robert Gibson (dissenting from denial of rehearing en banc), joined by Jesse Smith Henley
Dissent	Roy Laverne Stephenson (dissenting from denial of rehearing en banc)
Laws applied
First Amendment