Legal Opinion
Giebel v. Sylvester
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 12, 2001No. 99-36105PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
In this case, we must decide whether a professor at a state university who removes handbills publicizing an appearance of a former colleague at a conference to be held on the university campus is entitled to qualified immunity. Ironically, the subject of the conference was “Intellectual Freedom.” We have no doubt that the removal of the handbills constituted a First Amendment violation, and that at the time of the alleged conduct there was no uncertainty in the law as to this question.
I. BACKGROUND1
Douglas Giebel was a professor at Montana State University-Northern…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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