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No. 24-361October Term 2024Decided Mar 3, 2025

Docket 24-361October Term 2024 (2024–2025)

Speech First, Inc., Petitioner v. Pamela Whitten, et al.

This case involves a challenge by a student organization to university bias-response teams, arguing that these policies unconstitutionally chill student speech on controversial topics.

Case status

Current stage
Decided
Latest event
Decision released Mar 3, 2025
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedMar 3, 2025
What it's about

This case involves a challenge by a student organization to university bias-response teams, arguing that these policies unconstitutionally chill student speech on controversial topics. The lower court dismissed the case, ruling that the organization lacked standing because it failed to show a credible threat of enforcement or an objectively reasonable chilling effect on students.

Question presented

Whether bias-response teams objectively chill students’ speech?

Case path

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit / Decision released Mar 3, 2025

Area

Decided Supreme Court case

Grounding