Legal Opinion

Iota Xi Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity v. Patterson

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided May 13, 2009No. 08-1417PublishedCited by 93 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KING, Circuit Judge:

The Iota Xi Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity (the “Chapter”) and two of its officers, Ryan Duckwitz and Justin Pietro, sued George Mason University (the “University”) and several of its administrators 1 in the Eastern District of Virginia, alleging, inter alia, constitutional claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Chapter and certain of its members were sanctioned by the University following their involvement in a series of disciplinary incidents, and the plaintiffs allege that those sanctions deprived the Chapter and its members of their procedural due process and free…

2Cases cited17 opinions

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