Speech First v. McCall et al.; Fifth Circuit Decision

On May 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the district court’s decision in Speech First’s challenge to Texas State University’s (TXST) discriminatory-harassment policy, holding that the university’s mid-lawsuit policy change did not make Speech First’s request for a preliminary injunction moot. The court sent the case back to the district court to decide whether to grant the injunction, noting that TXST was still defending its original policy.

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