Legal Opinion
Isaac v. Harvard University
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 31, 1984No. Civ. A. No. 80-1344-SPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
SKINNER, District Judge.
The plaintiff’s claims under the Thirteenth Amendment are not supported *23by any allegation that he has been subjected to slavery. There is no need to reach the question of a private right of action. This claim is DISMISSED.
The plaintiffs claim under the Fourteenth Amendment is DISMISSED because the Fourteenth Amendment applies only to state action. Harvard is not a state agency. Rice v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 663 F.2d 336 (1st Cir.1981); Krohn v. Harvard Law School, 552 F.2d 21 (1st…
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