September 08, 2025
The Third Circuit on Monday found school disruptions at the New Jersey Institute of Technology caused by a philosophy lecturer's comments don't outweigh his free speech rights, reversing the school's summary judgment win in the professor's lawsuit alleging NJIT violated his constitutional rights by refusing to renew his contract after his off-campus, alt-right comments drew national attention.
July 09, 2025
A Third Circuit panel pressed the New Jersey Institute of Technology on Wednesday to show that what it called racist off-campus comments by a professor had caused such a disruption that it had to fire him, with one judge asking where they should draw the First Amendment line for free speech.
June 30, 2025
The Third and Sixth Circuits are scheduled to hear a trio of oral arguments in July as a fired professor, human resources executive and school dean each plan to argue that their terminations violated federal anti-bias law. Here, Law360 looks at those cases.