Gay Rights Coalition of Georgetown University Law Center v. Georgetown University

Decided November 20, 1987. John Terry wrote the opinion for the court.

536 A.2d 1 · Cited 74 times

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• Gay Rights Coalition of Georgetown University v. Georgetown University · 496 A.2d 567
• Torcaso v. Watkins · 367 U.S. 488
• Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · 401 U.S. 424
• Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. Crisp · 467 U.S. 691
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296
• Graham v. Richardson · 403 U.S. 365
• Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlin · 323 U.S. 101
• National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop · 440 U.S. 490
• Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation v. Secretary of Labor · 471 U.S. 290
• Crawford v. United States · 212 U.S. 183
• Gay Law Students Ass'n v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 595 P.2d 592
• District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. · 346 U.S. 100
• United States v. Carolene Products Co. · 304 U.S. 144
• Russell v. Belmont College · 554 F. Supp. 667
• Howard v. Riggs National Bank · 432 A.2d 701
• Nova University v. Educational Institution Licensure Commission · 483 A.2d 1172
• Gay Activists Alliance v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 638 P.2d 1116
• Chaconas v. Meyers · 465 A.2d 379
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. District of Columbia · 316 A.2d 871
• Murphy v. Villanova University · 547 F. Supp. 512
• Blanken & Blanken Investments, Inc. v. Keg, Inc. · 383 A.2d 1076

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