Houston Community College System v. Wilson
U.S. Supreme Court · decided March 24, 2022 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- March 24, 2022
- Term
- October Term 2021
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Gorsuch
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2021 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM v. WILSON CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 20–804. Argued November 2, 2021—Decided March 24, 2022 In 2013, David Wilson was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Hou- ston Community College System (HCC), a public entity that operates various community colleges. Mr. Wilson often disagreed with the Board about the best interests of HCC, and he brought multiple law- suits challenging the Board’s actions. By 2016, these escalating disa- greements led the Board to reprimand Mr. Wilson publicly. Mr. Wilson continued to charge the Board—in media outlets as well as in state- court actions—with violating its ethical rules and bylaws. At a 2018 meeting, the Board adopted another public resolution, this one “cen- suring” Mr. Wilson and stating that Mr. Wilson’s conduct was “not con- sistent with the best interests of the College” and “not only inappropri- ate,…
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