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· 7/2/1980

Sadegh Shamloo v. Mississippi State Board of Trustees of Institutions of Higher Learning

Citations

  • 620 F.2d 516
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 16025

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  • holding that district court denying preliminary injunction abused its discretion by considering Iranian students’ political beliefs in light of Iran holding American hostages
  • expressing concern that cases be decided on the narrowest legal grounds available
  • criminal statute must be worded so that person of ordinary intelligence has reasonable opportunity to know what is prohibited
  • \[C]ases are to be decided on the narrowest legal grounds available.\
  • “[Cjases are to be decided on the narrowest legal grounds available.”
  • “[C]ases are to be decided on the narrowest legal grounds available.”

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Judges: Thornberry, Johnson, Henderson

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