Phelps v. President & Trustees of Colby College

WATHEN, Justice.

Plaintiffs, nineteen students at Colby College who were members or pledges of an unauthorized fraternity, appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court (Andros-coggin County, Alexander, J.). The court denied their request under the Maine Civil Rights Act for legal and equitable relief against defendants, the president and trustees of Colby College, for discipline imposed as a consequence of violating Colby’s ban on fraternity membership and activity. The court held that the Act provides a means of enforcing existing rights against private parties, but does not expand…