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The saga between Oberlin College and Gibson’s Bakery has spilled over into another lawsuit. This time it’s Oberlin suing four insurance companies to compel them to cover a multimillion-dollar judgment won by Gibson’s Bakery in 2019, The Chronicle-Telegram of Ohio reported.
Thanks to the Ohio Supreme Court, the six-year battle between Gibson's Bakery and Oberlin College has ended, with the school promising to pay the $36.59 million it owes the local business.
The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a lower court’s ruling that Oberlin College must pay $36 million to a nearby bakery, Cleveland.com reported. Without issuing any statements, the court voted 4 to 3 not to hear an appeal. The vote was along party lines, with all four Republican justices voting with the majority and the three votes to hear the appeal coming
Ohio's Oberlin College accrued more than $4 million in interest stemming from the Gibson's Bakery lawsuit, where a jury found the school guilty of libeling the bakery as racist.
Jenner & Block filed an amicus brief on behalf of the NAACP and the Ohio State Chapter of the NAACP urging the Ohio Supreme Court to hear Oberlin College’s appeal in Gibson Bros, Inc.,...