Legal Opinion
Dustin Buxton v. Sandra Kurtinitis
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 7, 2017No. 16-1826PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant, Dustin Buxton, applied and was denied admission into the Radiation Therapy Program (RTP) at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) in 2013 and 2014. Buxton brought this action alleging that points were deducted from his application score and that he was denied admission because of his expression of his religious beliefs during his interview in violation of the Free Speech Clause, the Establishment Clause, and the Equal Protection Clause. The district court dismissed Buxton’s Free Speech claim and granted summary judgment in favor of the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Constantine v. Rectors and Visitors of George Mason UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2005
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