Oberlin College – Gibson’s Bakery Tag

Exclusive: Trial Judge Agrees To Release Gibson’s Bakery Store Clerk Confidential Facebook Records

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 19, 2021 1 Comment

In a strange twist, Judge John R. Miraldi's counsel confirms "Judge Miraldi has agreed to release the Exhibit in exchange for the dismissal of the writ" of mandamus filed against the judge by WEWS-TV in the Ohio Supreme Court. It's not clear to me that...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jm5V1KzbN8&t=6s

Gibson’s Bakery Store Clerk Intervenes Against Attempt By Oberlin College-aligned Media to Unseal His Facebook Records

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 17, 2021 20 Comments

Allyn D. Gibson: WEWS-TV "deserves no relief in this action because [it] is not a disinterested media company seeking to report on a legal case; instead, [it] has directly allied itself with Oberlin Parties and its campaign to bully and destroy the Gibson Parties’ family,...

Oberlin College-aligned Media Effort To Unseal Gibson’s Bakery Clerk Facebook Records Goes To Briefing In Ohio Supreme Court

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 27, 2021 11 Comments

The Facebook records dispute is a sideshow to the main appeal from the Gibson's Bakery verdict, but it's a nasty sideshow done by a media outlet that appears to be doing the college's dirty work in the hope of portraying the Gibsons as racists....

Media Aligned With Oberlin College Take Quest To Unseal Gibson’s Bakery Store Clerk’s Facebook Records To Ohio Supreme Court

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 26, 2021 25 Comments

The attempt to unseal confidential Facebook records not used at trial is an assault not just on the Gibson family's reputation, but on the practice of consensual confidentiality agreements that avoids the court system being bogged down in discovery motion practice....

Appeals Court Dismisses Media Attempt To Get Gibson’s Bakery Clerk’s Facebook Records in Oberlin College Case (UPDATE)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2021 26 Comments

So for the moment, the ploy by media entities aligned with Oberlin College to smear the Gibsons via confidential Facebook records is over. The main appeal over the massive judgment still has not been decided. (UPDATE - Media files Complaint for Writ of Mandamus in...

Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College – New Panel Assigned To Appeal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2021 55 Comments

One of the judges who heard oral argument in November was not reelected, and now has been replaced on the panel by the judge who defeated her....

Cornell’s New General Counsel Is Oberlin College In-House Lawyer Responsible For Gibson’s Bakery Case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2021 72 Comments

Donica Thomas Varner became notorious for mishandling the Gibson's Bakery case, including a bizarre email bashing the jury after the compensatory verdict but before the punitive phase....

ANALYSIS: Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College – Appeal Oral Argument

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 10, 2020 37 Comments

Today starting at 10 a.m. is the oral argument in (1) the appeal byOberlin College and Dean of Students Meredith Raimando seeking to overturn the compensatory and punitive damage awards totalling, after reduction under Ohio tort reform law, $25 million, plus over $6 million in attorney's fees, bringing the judgment to over $32 million, and (2) the cross-appeal by Gibson's Bakery and two members of the Gibson family (including the widow of the late David Gibson) seeking to restore the full $33 million punitive damages award, arguing the tort reform reduction was unconstitutional, which would add back about $15 million to the judgment.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQkVVyA9HQonc-zpcwzaTMQ

REMINDER – 10 A.M. TUESDAY – Livestream Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College – Appeal Oral Argument

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 18, 2020 19 Comments

This is a reminder that Legal Insurrection will have live coverage of and commentary on the Gibson's Bakery v. Oberlin College appeals court oral argument. The Court livestreams oral arguments and we will have the embed here with commentary. Join us.

Update on Cleveland Media attempt to gain access to Gibson’s Bakery store clerk Facebook records

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 27, 2020 11 Comments

Oberlin College and its allies continue to fight to overturn the Gibson's Bakery verdict, and to wage war on the Gibson family by unsealing confidential Facebook records of non-party Allyn D. Gibson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZUzUN3iG48&feature=emb_title

CBS News Feature About Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College Wins Emmy Award

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 22, 2020 10 Comments

CBS Sunday Morning produced an excellent feature story about the Gibson's Bakery v. Oberlin College dispute. My original review of the story was on November 3, 2019, Ted Koppel: Despite verdict, Oberlin College President still “makes allusions to a pattern of racist behavior” by Gibson’s Bakery:

CBS News Feature About Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College Nominated for Emmy Award

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2020 50 Comments

On November 3, 2019, I wrote about a CBS News Sunday Morning feature by Ted Koppel about Gibson's Bakery, its owners, and the years-long struggle to obtain justice after being targeted by Oberlin College, its administrators, faculty, staff, and students.

Gibson’s Bakery Files Brief Opposing Oberlin College Appeal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 05, 2020 18 Comments

Gibson's Bakery and its owners have filed their Response Brief (pdf.) opposing the appeal of Oberlin College and Dean Meredith Raimondo, who in turn have filed their Response Brief (pdf.) to the Gibsons' cross-appeal.

Cleveland Media appeal denial of access to Gibson’s Bakery store clerk Facebook records

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 21, 2020 41 Comments

There are multiple appellate fronts in the Gibson's Bakery v. Oberlin College case. First and most important, Oberlin College and Dean Meredith Raimondo have appealed seeking to overturn the massive compensatory and punitive damage verdicts. Numerous entities have come to their assistance by filing amicus (friend of the court) briefs, including certain Cleveland media entities. The Gibsons' response to the appeal is due by August 5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7n8f8sLTDE&t=506s

Oberlin College Supporters Permitted to File Amicus Briefs In Gibson’s Bakery Appeal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2020 30 Comments

The appeal brief of Gibson's Bakery opposing the appeal of Oberlin College and Meredith Raimondo is due on August 5, after Gibson's motion for a final extension of time was granted by the appeals court Magistrate. Gibson's previously filed its Cross-Appeal Brief, seeking reinstatement of the full punitive damages verdict. While the regular briefing has been pending, a group of media and other groups asked permission to file so-called Amicus (friend of the Court) briefs in support of the college's appeal.

Gibson’s Bakery: ‘Amicus’ Groups are “really only friends of the Oberlin Parties and not friends of the Court”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 30, 2020 22 Comments

Oberlin College has filed its Brief appealing the $11 million compensatory and $33 million punitive damage verdicts (later reduced to $25 million under Ohio tort reform caps) won by Gibson's Bakery. The Bakery also has filed its Cross-Appeal Brief seeking reinstatement of the full punitive damages verdict.

Media Groups and Law Profs rally to Oberlin College’s defense in Gibson’s Bakery Appeal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2020 28 Comments

We previously covered how the NAACP had filed a motion for permission to file an Amicus Brief in favor of Oberlin College and Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo in the Gibson's Bakery appeal.

Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College – Bakery Files Cross-Appeal Brief to Restore Full $33 Million Punitive Damages

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2020 49 Comments

Last Friday, Oberlin College and Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo filed their Appeal Brief, seeking to overturn the trial verdict. The NAACP also filed a ridiculous Amicus Brief supporting the college. According to the docket, at least one more Amicus Brief will be filed for a coalition of 'anti-censorship' groups. Today, Gibson's Bakery filed its Cross-Appeal Brief (pdf.)(full embed at bottom of post). Wait, what is a cross-appeal?

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