On July 28, 2020, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled against Speech First, a national membership group of students, alumni, and others that defends free speech on campus, in Speech First v. Killeen. In a split decision, the panel held that the case was moot, meaning there was no longer a live dispute to decide, because University of Illinois officials had stopped the challenged conduct after Speech First sued. Speech First later asked the full Seventh Circuit to rehear the case.
Read the opinion below:
