Oberlin College – Gibson’s Bakery Tag

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oberlin-college-and-gibsons-bakery-a-protest-against-racism-and-a-31-5-million-dollar-defamation-award/

Oberlin College Officials “Show No Remorse Whatsoever” For Mistreatment Of Gibson’s Bakery

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2022 43 Comments

My appearance on The Daily Signal Podcast: "And I think one of the big takeaways is that these are very powerful entities. They fight more viciously than your local chemical company. And they wrap themselves in this 'holier than thou' attitude because they’re educators"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7n8f8sLTDE&t=850s

VIDEO: Things You Don’t Know That Led To The Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College Verdict

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2022 31 Comments

"You have a long history of a weak administration which appears to be fearful of the students ...

Appeals Court Upholds Gibson’s Bakery Massive Verdict Against Oberlin College

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 31, 2022 129 Comments

The Ohio 9th District Court of Appeals has just issued a decision in the Gibson's Bakery v. Oberlin College case.

“Grandpa” Allyn W. Gibson of Gibson’s Bakery Passes Away At Age 93

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 14, 2022 40 Comments

"He passed yesterday during bakers hours February 12, 2022."...

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

Confidential Facebook Records of Gibson’s Bakery Clerk Unsealed By Trial Court On Oberlin College-aligned Media Request

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2021 44 Comments

I assume we will hear the details in news reports or future court filings by Oberlin College, if there is anything prejudicial in the records....

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

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 19, 2021 57 Comments

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...

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.

1
of 9
3
4
5

Oberlin College – Gibson’s Bakery Tag

CONTRIBUTORS