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Updates
State lawyers: Revised student fees process is constitutional (February 27, 2001)
Judge rules student fees unconstitutional (December 11, 2000)
UW System Asks Circuit Court To Reconsider Ruling in Southworth Case (UW System release - July 7, 2000)
Full text of petition filed in the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, July, 7, 2000 - 46K PDF file (HTML version)
Supreme Court opinions
Justice Kennedy's
opinion
Justice Souter's concurrence, joined by Justices Stevens and Breyer
Backgrounder/related stories
Memo from UW System President Katharine C.
Lyall regarding student referendums May 3, 2000
U. S. Supreme Court upholds free speech in Southworth case, UW leaders say
Summary of UW's Supreme Court legal brief
Supreme Court hears student fees case (posted to the Web, Nov. 9, 1999)
Attorney Ullman takes fee case to the high court (published in Wisconsin Week, Nov. 3, 1999)
Seg fees case has national implications (Wisconsin Week, Oct. 20, 1999)
Student fee case project links journalism, law students (Wisconsin Week, Oct. 6, 1999)
U.S. Supreme Court plans to decide student fee case (Wisconsin Week, Mar. 31, 1999)
Regents: Fee appeal stands strong chance (Wisconsin Week, Nov. 18, 1998)
Regents face choice on student fee use (Wisconsin Week, Nov. 4, 1998)
Regents ask for review of fees lawsuit (Wisconsin Week, Aug. 26, 1998)
Related web resources
7th Circuit Court of Appeals decision
Photos
High-resolution photos of key individuals
Media contacts
Kent Barrett
608-262-0930
kentbarrett@facstaff.wisc.edu
Amy Toburen
608-262-0925
atoburen@facstaff.wisc.edu