Oregon State University pays $101,000 to settle First Amendment lawsuit over trashed student newspaper

Oregon State University has paid $1,000 plus $100,000 for legal fees to former student William Rogers to settle a First Amendment lawsuit over the university trashing distribution boxes for the conservative students newspaper The Liberty and the newspapers in them.

The university, which had been found at fault by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, did not admit wrongdoing but agreed to the six-figure payout to end the lawsuit. The suit was formally dismissed Wednesday.

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