MADISON, Wis. — A five-day jury trial has been scheduled for the case against University of Wisconsin regents by UW-La Crosse’s former chancellor Joe Gow. The issue is Gow’ s sideline as a pornography hy producer. The trial will begin June 22 in federal court in Madison — unless an out-of-court agreement is reached in the intervening 12 months. Short of a settlement, U.S. Judge William Conley ordered pretrial conferences to begin June 9. Gow claims he was unjustly fired for producing online pornography with his wife and other adult actors. Gow argues that the pornography was his personal freedom of expression and that the regents violated his First Amendment rights by firing him. He is represented by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. Regents are represented by state attorneys Rachel Bachhuber and Brian Keenan.
Conley. One of two federal judges for western Wisconsin, besides two magistrate judges. Named to the court in 2009 by President Barack Obama.