A federal appeals court panel on Friday considered an unusual “reverse fees” award to defendants in a civil rights case.

The case at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has drawn the attention of a wide variety of groups, from the liberal American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia to the conservative Southeastern Legal Foundation. Both back the plaintiff, a former Valdosta State University student who was expelled after he spoke out against the university president’s plans for a parking deck.

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