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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Verdict was affirmed today.https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/03/appeals-court-upholds-gibsons-bakery-massive-verdict-against-oberlin-college/[/quote]

Your link doesn’t work. Here’s another (below).  What’s interesting about this is that the litigation has nothing to do with the behavior of the students and is based solely on actions by the Administrators. Oberlin claims that they’ve learned from the experience and moved on, but they’ve still not actually admitted they did anything wrong, and they’re considering a further appeal. Wonder what Oberlin would have done if they’d had any idea this would be headline news for 6 years? This is probably the only thing most people know about Oberlin.  At best, the excellent music conservatory, and…this.

https://chroniclet.com/news/297502/court-rejects-appeals-by-oberlin-college-gibsons-bakery-from-2019-civil-trial/

The appeals court "must emphasize, however, that the sole focus of this appeal is on the separate conduct of Oberlin and (former Vice President and Dean of Students Meredith) Raimondo that allegedly caused damage to the Gibsons, not on the First Amendment rights of individuals to voice opinions or protest," she wrote.

Oberlin College, and media rights and free speech groups that filed briefs on its behalf, argued that a finding of defamation "could have a chilling effect on students' rights to free speech at colleges and universities across the country."

Miraldi agreed, but that wasn't the issue at hand, the appeals court said. Instead, "the Gibsons' libel claim focused solely on whether Oberlin had disseminated false, written statements of fact that caused the Gibsons significant harm," the appeals court found.

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