Legal Opinion
Doe v. Brown University
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 18, 2018No. 17-1941PPublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
In November 2013, Jane Doe ("Doe"), then a freshman at Providence College, was sexually assaulted by three students of Brown University ("Brown") on Brown's campus. After Doe reported the assault to the local authorities in the City of Providence, Brown notified Doe that it would conduct an inquiry to determine whether the students had violated Brown's Code of Student Conduct. Doe alleges that eventually, Brown abandoned the investigation and did not initiate any disciplinary action against the three Brown students. Doe then initiated this action seeking damages and…
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