Goehring v. Brophy

94 F.3d 1294 112 Ed. Law Rep. 37 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6551 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10 ,790 Gregory P. GOEHRING; David Mueller; John P. Gisla, Jr.; Nancy Harder; Glenn Nunes; John Mullen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Roy T. BROPHY, Jr.; David Pierpont Gardner; Theodore L. Hullar; Robert E. Chason, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 94-16453, 95-15009. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 9, 1996. Decided Sept. 3, 1996. Richard M. Stephens, Olympia, Washington, for plaintiffs-appellants. Christopher M. Patti, Regents of University of California, Office of the General Counsel, University of California, Oakland, California, for defendants-appellees. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Edward J. Garcia, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-92-00962-EJG. Before FERGUSON, D.W. NELSON, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. FERGUSON, Circuit Judge: 1 The plaintiffs, students at the University of California at Davis ("the University"), appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the University with respect to their free exercise of religion claim. The plaintiffs allege that the University's…