Cases

UB Students for Life v. Tripathi

Summary

University at Buffalo Students for Life (SFL) hosted a pro-life debate on April 18, 2013. State University of New York – SUNY Buffalo required SFL to have security at the debate and charged SFL more than $600, even though there were only approximately 100 attendees, because it deemed the event “controversial.” ADF filed a lawsuit challenging the security policy, which gave administrators unbridled discretion, and the University agreed to refund the security fee and adopt a new security fee policy.

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Details

Institution: University at Buffalo

Location: Buffalo, NY

Topic: Speech Zone

Intervention: Litigation

Outcome: Victory

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