Rosenfeld and Inman v. University of Colorado

Two University of Colorado Boulder students, Max Inman and Mari Rosenfeld, members of the student group Students for Justice in Palestine, filed a lawsuit claiming their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated after a brief pro-Palestinian protest during a campus job fair in October 2024. Although they complied with police orders to disperse, the university issued an interim campus exclusion barring them from most campus activities for nearly two months without a hearing or appeal, which the students argued violated their due process rights and state protections for free speech.

CU Boulder responded by filing a motion to dismiss, asserting the university could impose reasonable speech restrictions, especially when events were disrupted. The students’ attorney argued the protest was peaceful and that the exclusion was retaliatory and an overreach aimed at silencing dissent. The students sought damages, removal of disciplinary records, and an injunction against future restrictions on pro-Palestinian protests.

As of mid-2025, the lawsuit remained active with the motion to dismiss pending.