GIEBEL v. SYLVESTER

No. 99-36105.

244 F.3d 1182 (2001)

Douglas GIEBEL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stephen SYLVESTER, Dr., in his capacity as Chairman, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Montana State University, Northern Havre, MT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 12, 2001


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Giebel, Big Sandy, Montana, plaintiff-appellee, pro se.

Norman C. Peterson, Esq., Special Assistant Attorney General, Helena, Montana, for the defendant-appellant.

Before: STEPHEN REINHARDT, KIM McLANE WARDLAW, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted February 14, 2001 — Seattle, Washington

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...

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