Posted on 04/01/2022 3:54:16 AM PDT by lowbridge
The Ohio 9th District Court of Appeals has just issued a decision in the Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College case.
For those of you new to the case, Gibson’s Bakery was a 5th generation family business in Oberlin, Ohio, near the Oberlin College campus. It served baked goods to the public and also to the student dining service, as well as operating a general convenience store. As with many other small businesses, student shoplifting was epidemic, as we covered, Student journalist: Shoplifting at Gibson’s Bakery was part of Oberlin College’s “Culture of Theft”
A store clerk, a member of the Gibson family, caught an Oberlin black student shoplifting, a scuffle ensued that was joined by two other Oberlin black students. When the police arrived, they arrested the students who eventually plead guilty. But before that, the college officials and students accused the bakery of racial profiling, called a boycott, suspended Gibson’s business with the college, and organized protests outside the bakery.
At the protests, a flyer was handed out, according to witnesses who testified at trial, by Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo, who also handed out stacks of flyers for others to distribute. The flyers accused the Gibsons of a long history of racial profiling, including in the incident with these shoplifters. The Gibson’s disputed that allegation and that they did anything wrong in this indicent, and requested a public apology from the college in order to repair the reputational damage, but the college refused. (To this day it never has apologized.)
Based on the actions of college officials in conveying and promoting the defamatory accusations, a lawsuit was filed, resulting in massive verdicts for the owners of the bakery, David Gibson and his father, Allyn Gibson.
(Excerpt) Read more at legalinsurrection.com ...
I know, I already saw it. Pity they stretched it out so long that two of the Gibson’s prinicpals passed away, but that was their intent all along.
Great news, long delayed. I love the $6K/day interest accrual too.
Still I bet they take it to the SCOTUS to stretch it out more.
Oh, and thanks for the ping!
This case has dragged on for 12 long years. Raimondo should have been fired years ago for malicious action - and then sued personally.
Oberlin may take this to the Ohio Supreme Court so this may not be over yet.
Several of those make the news when gifts from the last centuries are earmarked for, say, white males. I'm thinking of the Girard College case in Philadelphia, for one. Surely the trans lobby won't hesitate to claw back their "rights" from future Christians.
Someone above said they can't take it to SCOTUS because it is a civil case, only the state of Ohio Supreme Court. (I'm not a lawyer; I don't even play one on FR.)
Note to self.
Spend an hr on the phone with a good lawyer instead of a dollar on a cap.
Sounds like wise thinking in the long run.
It may be time to sell a building or two
asm especially hopeful that they claim the whole damages. However, I will not be surprised if Gibson, in the interests of the overall community, reduces the overall amount enough to allow the local college to survive. I hope that they see some reform to the leftist institution prior to reducing that amount.
Oberlin has a 1.3 BILLION dollar endowment. This is chump change. Personally I would like to see this hurt the college. To the tune of 50 percent of all assets.
Good lawyer. Now that is a tough find
Yeah but I'll bet they try. Their game is obviously to stretch this out as long as possible.
<>Also the 6k per day interest<>
IIRC from earlier Legal Insurrection articles, if Oberlin goes bankrupt, the Gibsons can sell off Oberlin’s assets, including real estate.
Love it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.