The University of Maryland public school system said on Wednesday that it and the Students for Justice in Palestine chapter on its campus had “mutually resolved” litigation in federal court through “a settlement agreement with no admission of liability by the university.”

In September 2024, the university attempted to ban the SJP chapter from holding a vigil for Gaza on Oct. 7, 2024—the first anniversary of the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel. It stated at the time that “only university-sponsored expressive events” would be allowed on campus that day due to “concerns of safety.”

Palestine Legal and the Council on American-Islamic Relations then filed a lawsuit against the university on the chapter’s behalf.

“UMD SJP is a registered university student organization in goo

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