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Montana Municipal Insurer Pays $500K to Settle Free Speech Claim

The city of Great Falls, Montana, has reached a $500,000 settlement with a Vaughn woman who filed a lawsuit after being escorted out of a 2007 City Commission meeting for exceeding a three-minute comment limit. District Judge Katherine Irigoin of …

Judge Weighs Damages Against Indiana School Over MySpace Photos

An Indiana school district violated the First Amendment rights of two teenage girls who were punished for posting sexually suggestive photos on MySpace during their summer vacation, a federal judge ruled. The case involving Churubusco High School and Smith-Green Community …