GIBSON BROS., INC. v. OBERLIN COLLEGE

Nos. 19CA011563 20CA011632.

187 N.E.3d 629 (2022)

2022-Ohio-1079

GIBSON BROS., INC., et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellants v. OBERLIN COLLEGE, et al., Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Ninth District, Lorain County.

March 31, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BENJAMIN C. SASSE, Attorney at Law, Cleveland, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

RONALD D. HOLMAN, II and JULIE A. CROCKER, Attorneys at Law, Cleveland, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

RICHARD D. PANZA, MATTHEW W. NAKON, and RACHELLE KUZNICKI ZIDAR, Attorneys at Law, Avon, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

SETH D. BERLIN and JOSEPH SLAUGHTER, Attorneys at Law, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

TERRY A. MOORE, JACQUELINE BOLLAS CALDWELL, OWEN J. RARRIC, and MATTHEW W. ONEST, Attorneys at Law, Canton, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

LEE E. PLAKAS and BRANDON W. MCHUGH, Attorneys at Law, Canton, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

JAMES N. TAYLOR, Attorney at Law, Elyria, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

MARY HYDE and LEONARD M. NIEHOFF, Attorneys at Law, for Amicus Curiae, The First Amendment Scholars.

CARL JAMES, Attorney at Law, for Amicus Curiae, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

ISHAN K. BHABHA, Attorney at Law, for Amicus Curiae, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

KEVIN T. SHOOK, Attorney at Law, Columbus, for Amici Curiae, National Coalition Against Censorship, Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, Defending Rights & Dissent, and DKT Liberty Project.

BRUCE E. H. JOHNSON, Attorney at Law, for Amici Curiae, National Coalition Against Censorship, Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, Defending Rights & Dissent, and DKT Liberty Project.

MELISSA D. BERTKE, Attorney at Law, for Amici Curiae, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Freedom to Read Foundation, American Booksellers Association, and 19 Media Organizations.


DECISION AND JOURNAL ENTRY

{¶1} Appellants, Oberlin College and its Dean of Students, Meredith Raimondo (collectively "Oberlin" or individually "the college" or "Raimondo"), appeal from a judgment of the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas that entered judgment against them and awarded compensatory and punitive...

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