When The Professor Sues The Student

As reported here in the New York Times, University of Arkansas at Little Rock law professor Richard Peltz, "an authority on freedom of speech," has filed a lawsuit against two third-year students at the law school as well as other defendants (including the law school's chapter of the Black Law Students Association). According to the Times article, the professor alleges that the students "defamed him by unfairly describing him on campus as a racist" after he displayed a satirical article belittling Rosa Parks, criticized affirmative action, and "promised to award black students who scored as high as white students on an exam an extra point." Peltz is seeking monetary and punitive damages.