Article: Company's campaign against UO professor fails.(Business)(Free speech: A state board dismisses charges Eugene Sand had filed against Mark Reed in a development battle.)

Byline: SHERRI BURI McDONALD The Register-Guard

University of Oregon geology professor Mark Reed has proved more durable than the river rock that Eugene Sand & Gravel crushes at its pits.

An effort by Eugene Sand and state geologist regulators to penalize Reed for his outspoken public criticism of Eugene Sand's expansion plans north of Eugene has crumbled in the face of Reed's claim that the campaign against him violated his rights to free speech.

The state Board of Geologist Examiners has dismissed charges Eugene Sand had filed against Reed, the state Attorney General's Office said earlier this week.

Reed was a leading critic of ...

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