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Amanda Tatro Dead at 31

There is tragic news from Minnesota today. Amanda Tatro, the student plaintiff in Tatro v. University of Minnesota (in which FIREfiled an amici curiae brief along with the Student Press Law Center), has died at the age of 31.
FIRE's thoughts are with Amanda Tatro's husband and family at this difficult time.
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