ABBOTT v. PASTIDES

No. 17-1853.

900 F.3d 160 (2018)

Ross ABBOTT; College Libertarians at the University of South Carolina; Young Americans for Liberty at the University of South Carolina, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Harris PASTIDES; Dennis Pruitt; Bobby Gist; Carl R. Wells, Defendants-Appellees. Students for Life of America; ACLU of South Carolina; DKT Liberty Project; Individual Rights Foundation; National Coalition Against Censorship; Reason Foundation; Student Press Law Center, Amici Supporting Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 16, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert Corn-Revere , DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Carl Frederick Muller , CARL F. MULLER , ATTORNEY AT LAW, PA, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Edward T. Fenno , FENNO LAW FIRM, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina; Ronald G. London , Lisa B. Zycherman , DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. William H. Davidson, II , Kenneth P. Woodington , DAVIDSON & LINDEMANN, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees. John C. Eastman , Anthony T. Caso , Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY FOWLER SCHOOL OF LAW, Orange, California, for Amicus Students for Life of America. Ryan W. Marth , Minneapolis, Minnesota, David B. Shemano , ROBINS KAPLAN LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Amici ACLU of South Carolina, DKT Liberty Project, Individual Rights Foundation, National Coalition Against Censorship, Reason Foundation, and Student Press Law Center.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Harris wrote the opinion, in which Judge Motz and Judge Duncan joined.


In 2015, two student groups at the University of South Carolina sought approval for a "Free Speech Event" to highlight perceived threats to free expression on college campuses. According to the groups, the event they were planning would include visual displays of material that had provoked free-speech controversies...

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