Cases

OSU Student Alliance v. Ray

Summary

In 2009, The Liberty, a conservative/independent student newspaper at Oregon State University, discovered that its distribution bins on campus were confiscated by the University and thrown in a trash heap. ADF filed a lawsuit and, in 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit concluded that the University violated the constitutionally protected freedoms of The Liberty.

Details

Institution: Oregon State University

Location: Corvallis, OR

Topic: Speech Zone

Intervention: Litigation

Outcome: Victory

FREE SPEECH IN DIVIDED TIMES: THE PROBLEM OR THE SOLUTION?