the college nor the dean defame a local business or its owners. is that the letter argued they worked to ensure the students freedom of speech was protected student demonstrations were safe and lawful. the case is set to begin tomorrow in the punitive phase. reporter: shannon: that could ramp up the millions they look for. it is a case with an all too common theme, serious allegations take on a life of their own before the facts are out there. we will debate it with richard fowler and fox news political analyst gianna caldwell. welcome to you both. you heard the reporting that the school said we were protecting students write to free-speech, you talk about that quite a bit and everything they did was lawful but in a piece by william jacobson, this piece in the wall street journal says oberlin s dean of students handed out a
attempted theft. in the days after the altercation over than students protested. reporter: yesterday from the community where reporter: accusing the bakery of racism. and colin for boycotts. oberlin college stopped ordering from the bakery. in the lobster the gibson family claimed oberlin college is one of the administered is facilitated, urged encouraged illegal defamation and economic boycotts. a jury agreed, the bakery, $11 billion in compensatory damages. we are hopeful this is a sign that not only oberlin college but in the future powerful institutions will hesitate before wielding their power. reporter: fox news reached out to oberlin college. they did not get back to was put into our affiliate fox8 oberlin s vice president and general counsel sent a letter to be oberlin community saying they are disappointed that neither