Carleton’s lawyers presented a motion July 12 to dismiss the lawsuit Carleton Lifeline filed against them over the arrest of their members in October last year.
The university claims the lawsuit is frivolous and has no legal basis, according to their statements.
Carleton Lifeline’s members were arrested last year after they refused to move graphic displays from the Tory quad into a university-designated room. The group maintains that its rights to free speech were violated.
Lifeline has scaled back some of its claims, according to their lawyer Albertos Polizogopoulos.
They are only pursuing negligence claims against the individuals named in the lawsuit, including Carleton’s head of security Allan Burns and president Roseann Runte.
They maintain all their original claims against the university.
“If you allow this, where does it stop?” argued Carleton’s defence lawyer Richard Dearden at the hearing. “Can students put up displays anywhere?”
Ontario Superior Court Justice Giovanna Toscano Roccamo has not yet given a decision on the motion.
