Farm Loses Free Speech Lawsuit Over Canceled School Field Trips

A California school district was handed a win in litigation where a local business claimed field trips were canceled based on an employee’s political social media posts, resulting in First Amendment violations.

The US District Court for Central California ruled in the school district’s favor after the Ninth Circuit—which said the school had possibly violated the business’ First Amendment rights—sent the case back to the trial court for prospective injunctive relief.

District court Judge Jesus G. Bernal said on Thursday said that the plaintiffs—Riley’s American Heritage Farms and one of its principal shareholders, James Patrick Riley—didn’t provide evidence that any ...