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Carleton U moves to strike down lawsuit by arrested pro-life students
BY PATRICK B. CRAINE
Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:49 ESTComments (5)Tags: Carleton Lifeline, Carleton University, Ruth Lobo
OTTAWA, Ontario, June 15, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Carleton University, which had four of its students arrested in October over a pro-life display, has moved to strike down the students’ lawsuit against them, claiming that it’s “frivolous.”
Ruth Lobo and Nicholas McLeod, members of Carleton Lifeline, the university’s pro-life club, launched the lawsuit against the university in February. The club argues that the University has unjustly discriminated against them on the basis of their pro-life beliefs by imposing restrictions on their displays that have not been applied to other campus groups.
In April, Carleton University responded with a motion to have the suit struck on the grounds that it discloses no reasonable cause of action, is scandalous, frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of the court process.
The university will argue its case in court on June 16 at 10:00 a.m. at 161 Elgin Street in Ottawa, Ontario. The proceedings are open to the public. If the University is successful in their motion, Carleton Lifeline’s Statement of Claim will be struck, ending this lawsuit.
“This is an important case for freedom of expression on campus,” said Albertos Polizogopoulos, legal counsel for Lifeline. “Recently there has occurred many other cases where university students have had their voices silenced.”
lifesitenews.com/news/carleton-u-moves-to-strike-lawsuit-by-arrested-pro-life-students
BY PATRICK B. CRAINE
Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:49 ESTComments (5)Tags: Carleton Lifeline, Carleton University, Ruth Lobo
OTTAWA, Ontario, June 15, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Carleton University, which had four of its students arrested in October over a pro-life display, has moved to strike down the students’ lawsuit against them, claiming that it’s “frivolous.”
Ruth Lobo and Nicholas McLeod, members of Carleton Lifeline, the university’s pro-life club, launched the lawsuit against the university in February. The club argues that the University has unjustly discriminated against them on the basis of their pro-life beliefs by imposing restrictions on their displays that have not been applied to other campus groups.
In April, Carleton University responded with a motion to have the suit struck on the grounds that it discloses no reasonable cause of action, is scandalous, frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of the court process.
The university will argue its case in court on June 16 at 10:00 a.m. at 161 Elgin Street in Ottawa, Ontario. The proceedings are open to the public. If the University is successful in their motion, Carleton Lifeline’s Statement of Claim will be struck, ending this lawsuit.
“This is an important case for freedom of expression on campus,” said Albertos Polizogopoulos, legal counsel for Lifeline. “Recently there has occurred many other cases where university students have had their voices silenced.”
lifesitenews.com/news/carleton-u-moves-to-strike-lawsuit-by-arrested-pro-life-students