LANE v. SIMON

Nos. 05-3266, 05-3284.

495 F.3d 1182 (2007)

Katie LANE and Sarah Rice, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Todd F. SIMON and Stephen E. White, in their official and individual capacities, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, Student Press Law Center; The American Society of Newspaper Editors; The Associated Collegiate Press; College Media Advisers; College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers; The Community College Journalism Association; The Foundations for Individual Rights in Education, Inc.; The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; and The Society of Professional Journalists, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Doran, Patrick J. Doran, L.C., Kansas City, Missouri for the Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Cheryl G. Strecker, Senior Associate University Attorney, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas for the Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

S. Mark Goodman, Student Press Law Center, Arlington, Virginia, and Adam J. Biegel, Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, filed an Amici Curiae brief in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Before LUCERO, McCONNELL, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

Katie Lane and Sarah Rice are former editors of the Kansas State Collegian ("Collegian"), a daily newspaper affiliated with Kansas State University ("KSU" or "University"). After KSU officials Todd Simon and Stephen White took actions leading to the removal of the Collegian's advisor, Ronald Johnson, plaintiffs filed suit alleging violations of their First and Fourteenth Amendment...

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