United States Seventh Circuit

The law at the time was clear that a state university dean's request to review and approve a college newspaper prior to printing might violate the student editors' First Amendment rights, thus she is not entitled to qualified immunity.

Appellate Information

• Argued Array
• Decided 04/10/2003
• Published 04/10/2003

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and POSNER, COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, MANION, KANNE, ROVNER, WOOD, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Margaret Hosty, Oak Lawn, IL, pro se., Jeni Porche, Park Forest, IL, pro se., Steven P. Barba, Oak Lawn, IL, pro se., Richard M. Goehler (argued), Frost Brown Todd, Cincinnati, OH, for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mary E. Welsh (argued), Office of the Attorney General Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.