''Doe v. University of Michigan'', 721 F. Supp. 852 (E.D. Mich. 1989), was a case that determined that the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

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hate speech Hate speech is defined by the ''Cambridge Dictionary'' as "public speech that expresses hate or encourages violence towards a person or group based on something such as race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation". Hate speech is "usually thoug ...

law violated the

constitutional A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When these princip ...

right to

free speech Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The rights, right to freedom of expression has been ...

Background

In the late 1980s, incidents of hate crimes and racial slurs were increasing on American campuses. Michigan was one of the first schools in the late 80s to adopt a hate speech code, prohibiting negative speech towards specific ethnic groups, women, LGBT people and other minorities.

Outcome

The court ruled in the favor of Doe and against UoM.RECENT CASE: FIRST AMENDMENT - RACIST AND SEXIST EXPRESSION ON CAMPUS - COURT STRIKES DOWN UNIVERSITY LIMITS ON HATE SPEECH. - Doe v. University of Michigan, 721 F. Supp. 852 ...
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External links

* {{caselaw source , case = ''Doe v. University of Michigan'', 721 F. Supp. 852 (E.D. Mich. 1989) , googlescholar =https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1168847070176638902 , justia =https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/721/852/1419700/ 1989 in United States case law United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan cases United States Free Speech Clause case law Hate speech case law University of Michigan Legal history of Michigan