Case: Individual Employment Rights/First Amendment (9th Cir.)

The Ninth Circuit reversed summary judgment for the University of Washington on First Amendment retaliation and viewpoint discrimination claims by a gay teaching professor who was investigated and reprimanded for including a parody land acknowledgment in his syllabus, ruling that his academic speech on a matter of public concern was protected and student discomfort with controversial speech cannot justify university retaliation against professors.

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