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A community-college spat leads to a First Amendment retaliation claim

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Wilson contends that just before and during his time in office, the board “was plagued by accusations of corruption and other malfeasance, culminating in the longest-serving trustee’s conviction on federal bribery charges.” The college removed the case to federal court, where Wilson later dropped his claims against the individual trustees.