In the court opinion, the judge reprimanded Rubin, saying, “The way the defendants have handled this litigation up to the commencement of the contempt trial is nothing short of a travesty.”

The trial still awaits settlement while the court collects what documentary evidence exists.

“It’s been such a mean lawsuit,” said third-year law student Heather D. Thompson. “An absolutely ridiculous amount of document destruction has gone on, and neither Summers nor Rubin have ever stood up and decided to do the right thing. They are the two worst offenders.”

The protesters said they chose to protest during commencement in an effort to bring their cause to the public eye.

Rubin has already been alerted about the plans for a protest and Landreth said she hopes he will respond.

“Maybe he can explain what’s been going on,” Landreth said.

Thompson stressed that they do not want to be disruptive, but said they have no other choice.

“We were originally upset when Summers was appointed,” Thompson said. “There were all these nice articles about him, but the Native community was not consulted at all.”