It's Murakowski v. University of Delaware, and it holds that a student's Web page posts of apparently satirical (though largely in pretty bad taste) stories about sex, relationships, rape, and other things was constitutionally protected, and the university couldn't discipline the student for them. FIRE reports that Murakowski was originally investigated by the university under a speech code that applied to "[a]ny instance that is perceived by those involved as being racist, sexist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, or otherwise oppressive"; but by the time the case went to court, the only questions were whether Murakowski's speech fell within the "true threats" exception to First Amendment protection, or whether it otherwise caused sufficient disruption to justify its punishment. The court said no on both counts.
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