Legal Opinion

Doe v. Columbia University

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided April 21, 2015No. 14-CV-3573 (JMF)PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*360 OPINION AND ORDER

JESSE M. FURMAN, District Judge:

This case touches on issues that have been the subject of increasing public attention and controversy: how colleges and universities address allegations of sexual assault on campus. Plaintiff is a male college student who was suspended from Columbia University after having been found to have engaged in non-consensual sex with a female classmate.1 As part of what appears to be a growing phenomenon, he brings suit against the school and its Board of Trustees (together, “Columbia”), alleging that the disciplinary process and his resulting…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. Carnegie-Mellon University v. CohillSupreme Court of the United States · 1988

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. John Doe v. Columbia UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2016
  2. Soloviev v. GoldsteinDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2015
  3. Lenart v. Coach, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2015
  4. Nungesser v. Columbia UniversityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2016
  5. Doe v. Brown UniversityDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 2016

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