Husain v. Springer

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we consider whether a public college president’s decision to cancel a student government election because of content published in a school newspaper violates the First Amendment rights of the student journalists who produce that publication. We conclude that, in the circumstances presented in this case, the school administrator’s actions did violate the First Amendment. Because factual issues exist with respect to the question of whether the college president is entitled to qualified immunity, we hold that it was inappropriate for the district court to…