Legal Opinion
Syed Saifuddin Yusuf v. Vassar College
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 15, 1994No. 874, Docket 93-7519PublishedCited by 479 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal raises important questions as to when college disciplinary proceedings violate federal laws against gender discrimination. Syed Saifuddin Yusuf appeals from Judge Duffy’s dismissal of his complaint, which allegedly arose out of a series of events that occurred in February and March 1992 while he was a student at Vassar College. Yusuf alleges that his roommate, James Weisman, brutally attacked him. Yu-suf alleges that when he pursued a criminal prosecution against Weisman, Weisman’s girlfriend, Tina Kapur, retaliated against him by bringing false sexual…
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