FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2017 file photo, pedestrians pass the storefront of Gibson's Bakery in Oberlin, Ohio. The 9th District Court of Appeals upheld a $31 million judgment on Thursday, March 31,, 2022 against Oberlin College that had been awarded to Gibson's Bakery and Food Mart that successfully claimed it was libeled by the school after a shoplifting incident in November of 2016. The court rejected all of the college's appeal arguments. Oberlin students and staff staged protests outside the market after the shoplifting incident . A jury in June 2019 awarded story owners $44 million in compensatory and punitive damages and $6 million in attorney fees. The Gibsons' award was later reduced by a judge to $25 million. (AP Photo/Dake Kang, File)