No. 20-920

Jeremy Collins v. Rebecca Putt, in Her Individual and Official Capacity, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2021-01-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: academic-freedom college-classroom college-speech constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech hazelwood-v-kuhlmeier tinker-standard tinker-v-des-moines viewpoint-discrimination
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: 2021-02-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether or not viewpoint discrimination in a college classroom is permissible under the Supreme Court's ruling in Hazelwood Sch. Dist. v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260.

2. Whether or not a college student's classroom speech is protected by the First Amendment and the Supreme Court's ruling in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether viewpoint discrimination in a college classroom is permissible under Hazelwood

Docket Entries

2021-03-01
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/26/2021.
2021-01-14
Waiver of right of respondent Rebecca Putt, et al. to respond filed.
2020-12-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Jeremy Collins
Jeremy Collins — Petitioner
Rebecca Putt, et al.
Mary K. LenehanConnecticut - Office of the Attorney General, Respondent