Posts Tagged ‘public college’
Iowa college to pay $14K to settle speech lawsuit
An Iowa community college will pay nearly $14,000 to settle a free-speech lawsuit filed by a student who was barred from distributing fliers criticizing a conference on gay youth.
University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro, Stacey Campfield spar over ‘Sex Week’
University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro defended the Knoxville campus’s spring “Sex Week” program under critical questioning Thursday from state Sen. Stacey Campfield in a legislative hearing.
Univ. of Iowa ordered to release settlement agreement
State appeals court says public’s right to know outweighs privacy of former medical school employee who was allowed to quietly resign after a personnel dispute.
Conn. high court: UConn can keep donor info secret
Justices uphold a lower court decision, ruling that the university may invoke a trade-secret exemption to shield lists of its contributors and other supporters.
Idaho high court rejects ex-professor’s retaliation claims
Justices uphold dismissal of Habib Sadid’s lawsuit but find lower court erred in finding his public criticism of Idaho State University policies wasn’t protected by the First Amendment.
Univ. of Ky. criticized for penalizing student reporter
Journalism groups send letters of complaint after school bans sportswriter from media event for contacting two basketball players without going through media relations.
Public worker wins a round vs. college that fired her
At least for now, Laura Vera’s retaliation case has avoided capsizing in the dangerous legal waters created by the Supreme Court in Garcetti v. Ceballos.
Formerly jailed videographer now in trouble with university
UC Berkeley finds journalism student Josh Wolf guilty of violating campus rules for accompanying student demonstrators during 2009 protest over tuition increases.
Pa. university’s foundation loses bid to block access to records
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s highest court has upheld a ruling entitling a newspaper to donor financial information from East Stroudsburg University’s foundation.
The Pocono Record reports the state Supreme Court issued an order March 16 refusing to hear the university’s appeal of a lower court ruling.
The action is expected to clear the way for the [...]
ACLU urges La. college to rescind e-mail policy
NEW ORLEANS — A First Amendment issue is brewing at Grambling State University.
Grambling President Frank Pogue on July 13 issued an e-mail to students, prohibiting political expression via e-mail, said Marjorie Esman, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana.
Esman sent a letter yesterday urging Pogue to rescind the policy.
“The First Amendment exists [...]
Calif. university ordered to release Palin records, group says
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A group that sued over documents related to a fundraiser appearance by Sarah Palin at a California university claimed victory yesterday in a judge’s ruling.
The open-government group Californians Aware said it received a ruling in the mail by Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Roger Beauchesne ordering California State University, Stanislaus to release [...]
Pa. newspaper wins access to university foundation’s donor info
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania newspaper won the right to obtain donor financial information from East Stroudsburg University’s foundation under an appeals court decision issued this week.
A Commonwealth Court panel ruled 6-0 on May 24 that the Pocono Record can obtain a list of donations to the public university’s foundation — but not the donors’ [...]
Christian group’s case marshals past plaintiffs
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WASHINGTON — An unusual brief filed recently in a pending Supreme Court case aims to take the justices down a memory lane of First Amendment precedents involving equal access of student religious groups to public university facilities and benefits.
The brief was one of several filed earlier this month in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, [...]
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