I do think this was the correct ruling and applying maximum damage was the correct remedy. Oberlin still thinks it was correct in allowing and encouraging employee to libel and defame another entity and even cancel contracts without compensation.<p>If anyone thinks this way about Student Free Speech you have to have willing and purposefully choose to stick your head in the sand and ignore the fact that school admins acting in their official role and on the clock for Oberlin joined in these protests, even supplied material, and broke contracts without paying the penalty required by the contract.
Some discussion of this story yesterday: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30906161" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30906161</a>
Much better article:<p><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/04/04/oberlin-college-loses-appeal-suit-filed-local-bakery" rel="nofollow">https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/04/04/oberlin-colle...</a><p>news, non-paywall, not fulminating op/ed.