TATRO v. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

No. A10-1440.

816 N.W.2d 509 (2012)

Amanda TATRO, Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan S. Kushner , Law Office of Jordan S. Kushner, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Mark B. Rotenberg , General Counsel, Tracy M. Smith , Associate General Counsel, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

Raleigh H. Levine , William Mitchell College of Law, Teresa Nelson , St. Paul, MN, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union.

Abigail S. Crouse , Carl Crosby Lehmann , Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for amici curiae American Council on Education, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Association of American Universities, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

Ada Meloy , Washington, DC, for amicus curiae American Council on Education.

Frank Trinity , Heather Johnson-Alarcon , Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Association of American Medical Colleges.

Dawn C. Van Tassel , Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, and Frank D. LoMonte , Student Press Law Center, Arlington, VA, for amicus curiae Student Press Law Center.

Thomas C. Gallagher , Minneapolis, MN, and William Creeley , Philadelphia, PA, for amicus curiae Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.

Kevin Finnerty , Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota State Colleges and Universities by and through its Chancellor, Steven J. Rosenstone.

Jonathan P. Schmidt , Leah Ceee O. Boomsma , Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae American Board of Funeral Service Education.


OPINION

MEYER, Justice.

When appellant Amanda Tatro was a junior in the Mortuary Science Program at respondent University of Minnesota, she posted statements on Facebook, a social networking site, which she has described in court filings as "satirical commentary and violent fantasy about her school experience." After becoming aware of these posts, a faculty member referred the matter to the Office for Student Conduct and Academic Integrity. Following a hearing...

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