Legal Opinion
Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 23, 1997No. 96-1814, 96-2316PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge HALL joined. Judge LUTTIG wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:
This case arises from the gang rape of a freshman at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute by two members of the college football team, and the school’s decision to impose only a nominal punishment on the rapists. *953The victim alleges that these rapes were motivated by her assailants’ discriminatory animus toward women and sues them pursuant to the Violence Against Women Act of 1994. She asserts that the…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Christy Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Antonio J. Morrison James Landale Crawford, and Cornell D. Brown William E. Landsidle, in His Capacity as Comptroller of the Commonwealth, Law Professors Virginians Aligned Against Sexual Assault the Antidefamation League Center for Women Policy Studies the Dc Rape Crisis Center Equal Rights Advocates the Georgetown University Law Center Sex Discrimination Clinic Jewish Women International the National Alliance of Sexual Assault Coalitions the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence the National Coalition Against Sexual Assault the National Network to End Domestic Violence National Organization for Women Northwest Women's Law Center the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Incorporated Virginia National Organization for Women Virginia Now Legal Defense and Education Fund, Incorporated Women Employed Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund Independent Women's Forum Women's Freedom Network, Amici Curiae. United States of America, Intervenor-Appellant, and Christy Brzonkala v. Antonio J. Morrison James Landale Crawford, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Cornell D. Brown William E. Landsidle, in His Capacity as Comptroller of the Commonwealth, Law Professors Virginians Aligned Against Sexual Assault the Antidefamation League Center for Women Policy Studies 2 the Dc Rape Crisis Center Equal Rights Advocates the Georgetown University Law Center Sex Discrimination Clinic Jewish Women International the National Alliance of Sexual Assault Coalitions the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence the National Coalition Against Sexual Assault the National Network to End Domestic Violence National Organization for Women Northwest Women's Law Center the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Incorporated Virginia National Organization for Women Virginia Now Legal Defense and Education Fund, Incorporated Women Employed Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund Independent Women's Forum Women's Freedom Network, Amici CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- Christy Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Antonio J. Morrison James Landale Crawford, and Cornell D. Brown William E. Landsidle, in His Capacity as Comptroller of the Commonwealth, Law Professors Virginians Aligned Against Sexual Assault the Anti-Defamation League Center for Women Policy Studies the Dc Rape Crisis Center Equal Rights Advocates the Georgetown University Law Center Sex Discrimination Clinic Jewish Women International the National Alliance of Sexual Assault Coalitions the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence the National Coalition Against Sexual Assault the National Network to End Domestic Violence National Organization for Women Northwest Women's Law Center the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Incorporated Virginia National Organization for Women Virginia Now Legal Defense and Education Fund, Incorporated Women Employed Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund Independent Women's Forum Women's Freedom Network, Amici Curiae. United States of America, Intervenor-Appellant, and Christy Brzonkala v. Antonio J. Morrison James Landale Crawford, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Cornell D. Brown William E. Landsidle, in His Capacity as Comptroller of the Commonwealth, Law Professors Virginians Aligned Against Sexual Assault the Anti-Defamation League Center for Women Policy Studies the Dc Rape Crisis Center Equal Rights Advocates the Georgetown University Law Center Sex Discrimination Clinic Jewish Women International the National Alliance of Sexual Assault Coalitions the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence the National Coalition Against Sexual Assault the National Network to End Domestic Violence National Organization for Women Northwest Women's Law Center the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Incorporated Virginia National Organization for Women Virginia Now Legal Defense and Education Fund, Incorporated Women Employed Women's Law Project Women's Legal Defense Fund Independent Women's Forum Women's Freedom Network, Amici CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
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