Legal Opinion
Butters v. James Madison University
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided September 22, 2016No. Civil Action No. 5:15-cv-00015PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Elizabeth K. Dillon, United States District Judge
In this action, plaintiff Sarah Butters brings a claim against James Madison University (JMU) under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX), 20 U.S.C. § 1681(a), which prohibits certain educational institutions from discriminating “on the basis of sex.”1 Her complaint alleges that, while she was enrolled as a student at JMU and on spring break in Florida in March 2013, she was sexually assaulted by three male JMU students. One of those students made a video recording of at least a portion of the assault using…
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