Joan Roe v. St. Louis University

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Joan Roe 1 , a student athlete recruited for the field hockey team at Saint Louis University, and her parents brought this case under Title IX, a federal statute banning discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded educational programs, and Missouri state law. Roe claims deliberate indifference by the University to her rape by another student and state law violations including breach of contract, misrepresentation, and negligence following a back injury she received in training. 2 The district court 3 granted summary judgment to the University, and Roe appeals.…