Every month, we distribute a “Title IX Recap,” providing a highlight of the previous month’s litigation, advocacy, and other Title IX-related matters. As always, more information on any lawsuits by accused students or Title IX OCR resolutions will be found in our Accused Students Database and OCR Resolutions Database respectively.
A last-gasp attempt to reinstate the 2024 regs and roll back due process rights for accused students and teachers has been defeated.
A male student accused a coach of sleeping with a female player, but sued after a Title IX investigation found no supporting evidence. The coach counter-claimed defamation and false light and was awarded nearly $3M in damages (later reduced to nearly $2M).
Title IX attorney Phil Byler passed away just around the turn of the month. He litigated over 25 lawsuits by accused students and provided arguments before now-SCOTUS Justice Amy Coney Barrett for her pathbreaking decision in Doe v. Purdue. Here is Phil in oral argument for Doe v. Purdue. You can read more about the Purdue decision in our post “Timeline: The Movement for Fairness for Accused Students and Teachers.”
Thank you, Phil, for your service for accused students and the cause of due process.
More friendly to pseudonymity for accused students than the neighboring Seventh Circuit, “the Eighth Circuit has recently held that ‘a party may proceed under a fictitious name only in those limited circumstances where the party’s need for anonymity outweighs countervailing interests in full disclosure.’” The reasons are included in the three-page opinion and order.
Plaintiff Appeals Dismissal of Lawsuit in Doe v. Princeton
An accused student’s lawsuit alleging breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, sex discrimination (Title IX), and gross negligence was dismissed in an April 28 order (the opinion). The plaintiff has recently appealed to the Third Circuit.
“The review was launched in November 2023 after the then-president left a phallic gift outside a vice president’s house—two eggplants and a zucchini arranged suggestively—along with a note on which he signed three uninvolved staffers’ names.”
In Loudoun County, Virginia, male students were filmed in the male locker room by a female student who identifies as a boy. The boys who were filmed are now being investigated for sexual harassment.
Thank You for Reading
If you like what you have read, feel free to sign up for our newsletter here:
About the Author
Related Posts
Every month, we distribute a “Title IX Recap,” providing a highlight of the previous month’s litigation, advocacy, and other Title IX-related matters. As always, more information on any lawsuits by accused students or Title IX OCR resolutions will be found in our Accused Students Database and OCR Resolutions Database respectively.
A last-gasp attempt to reinstate the 2024 regs and roll back due process rights for accused students and teachers has been defeated.
A male student accused a coach of sleeping with a female player, but sued after a Title IX investigation found no supporting evidence. The coach counter-claimed defamation and false light and was awarded nearly $3M in damages (later reduced to nearly $2M).
Title IX attorney Phil Byler passed away just around the turn of the month. He litigated over 25 lawsuits by accused students and provided arguments before now-SCOTUS Justice Amy Coney Barrett for her pathbreaking decision in Doe v. Purdue. Here is Phil in oral argument for Doe v. Purdue. You can read more about the Purdue decision in our post “Timeline: The Movement for Fairness for Accused Students and Teachers.”
Thank you, Phil, for your service for accused students and the cause of due process.
More friendly to pseudonymity for accused students than the neighboring Seventh Circuit, “the Eighth Circuit has recently held that ‘a party may proceed under a fictitious name only in those limited circumstances where the party’s need for anonymity outweighs countervailing interests in full disclosure.’” The reasons are included in the three-page opinion and order.
Plaintiff Appeals Dismissal of Lawsuit in Doe v. Princeton
An accused student’s lawsuit alleging breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, sex discrimination (Title IX), and gross negligence was dismissed in an April 28 order (the opinion). The plaintiff has recently appealed to the Third Circuit.
“The review was launched in November 2023 after the then-president left a phallic gift outside a vice president’s house—two eggplants and a zucchini arranged suggestively—along with a note on which he signed three uninvolved staffers’ names.”
In Loudoun County, Virginia, male students were filmed in the male locker room by a female student who identifies as a boy. The boys who were filmed are now being investigated for sexual harassment.
Thank You for Reading
If you like what you have read, feel free to sign up for our newsletter here:
About the Author
Related Posts
More from Title IX for All
Accused Students Database
Research due process and similar lawsuits by students accused of Title IX violations (sexual assault, harassment, dating violence, stalking, etc.) in higher education.
OCR Resolutions Database
Research resolved Title IX investigations of K-12 and postsecondary institutions by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
