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Defamation Claim Against University-Owned Public Radio Station Dismissed on State Sovereign Immunity Grounds

"Eby alleged an anonymous group of KWMU's staffers published an article on Medium.com [in 2020] accusing him of upholding 'white supremacy at the station by remaining complacent with the status quo.'"

Eugene Volokh | 5.26.2026 5:21 PM

From Eby v. Bd. of Curators, decided today by the Missouri Court of Appeals (Chief Judge John P. Torbitzky, joined by Judges Angela Turner Quigless and Thomas C. Clark II); the opinion doesn't preclude a defamation lawsuit against the actual authors of the articles, though presumably they don't have much money to compensate the plaintiff even if he prevails:

St. Louis Public Radio ("KWMU") is owned and operated by the University. KWMU hired Eby in 2009. He........

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