Monday, June 20, 2005

7th Circuit College Student Speech Case

From How Appealing:

En banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit announces ruling in Hosty v. Carter: You can access today's 7-4 ruling at this link. The Student Press Law Center previously referred to this case as "The Latest Battle for College Press Freedom."

A unanimous three-judge Seventh Circuit panel had ruled in favor of the student-plaintiffs in a decision you can access here, thereby affirming the federal district court's ruling in the case. Today's en banc majority reaches the opposite conclusion, holding that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988), applies in the setting of a university.

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