A legal victory, for a well-known Boise coffee shop, as a jury awards the owners millions of dollars.
- Big City Coffee awarded $4 million in a civil lawsuit against Boise State University employees.
- The lawsuit claimed violations of First Amendment rights due to a ‘Thin Blue Line’ flag display.
- Jury awarded $3 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages.
(The following is a transcription of the full broadcast story.)
A legal victory, for a well-known Boise coffee shop, as a jury awards the owners 4 million dollars.
I’m your Boise State neighborhood reporter, Jessica Davis, on campus, getting reaction from students after a jury agreed with the shop owners that Boise State leadership forced them off campus over their show of support for police.
“It’s so yummy it’s one of my favorite restaurants,” says Bethany Bowers, a senior at Boise State University.
Big City Coffee has a big following in Boise.
Now the longtime downtown cafe is on the receiving end of four million dollars, after a civil lawsuit in Ada County Court.