The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has ordered a new trial for Teresa Wagner, who sued the former dean of the University of Iowa College of Law in 2009 alleging that the school discriminated against her because of her conservative views.

A three-judge panel found that the magistrate judge overseeing jury deliberations erred when he reconvened the jury for further questioning after initially dismissing them after declaring a mistrial.

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