Court dismisses professor’s free speech lawsuit against UCSC over DEI statement.
Haltigan v. Drake
From May 2023, to January 2024
University of California, Santa Cruz
Lowery v. Mills
August 2022
The University of Texas at Austin
Professor critical of equity efforts accuses UT in lawsuit of violating free speech rights.
Fakhreddine v. University of Pennsylvania
March 2024
University of Pennsylvania
UPenn faculty file suit against their university seeking to block document transfer to Congress.
Amy Wax, University of Pennsylvania
December 2021
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania initiated a sanctions process against a law professor and numerous student groups and the Philadelphia City Council called for her termination at least in part due to her public anti-Asian remarks
University of Nebraska
From July 2021, to August 2021
University of Nebraska
A University of Nebraska Regent attempted to pass a resolution banning critical race theory from curriculums across the University of Nebraska system
University of Iowa
From August 2021, to August 2021
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa told its instructors not to discuss masks or vaccinations unless it related to course material
Lawrence Alexander, Emory University School of Law
January 2022
Emory University
A law professor was asked to substantially revise his invited contribution to a law journal in light of its “hurtful” and gratuitous rhetoric about systemic racism in America
Lynne Chandler García, U.S. Air Force Academy
July 2021
U.S. Air Force Academy
A professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy was threatened with termination by Republican politicians after publishing an op-ed defending the teaching of critical race theory.
Reed v. Neiheisel
From October 2014, to July 2015
Northern Michigan University
A faculty member and a student sued members of a student newspaper’s board of directors for allegedly retaliating against them for publishing a number of controversial articles.
Adams v. Trustees of the University of North Carolina–Wilmington
From April 2007, to April 2014
University of North Carolina–Wilmington
A professor at the University of North Carolina–Wilmington sued the university after being denied a full professorship.
