GOOD NEWS. Appeals Court Ruling For Accused is Already Affecting TitleIX Cases
The fight for fairness in campus Title IX proceedings is not a slow and steady evolution. It’s a series of Cambrian explosions. The first came in summer 2016 when the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a reverse discrimination lawsuit against Columbia University. Another landed Friday in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstating a similar suit against Miami University of Ohio. The unanimous opinion by Judge Karen Moore says “John Doe” sufficiently pleaded a claim on “erroneous outcome,” and that an official who investigated and sat on his hearing panel “should have known that she was partial” to his accuser and recused herself. The findings have already reversed the fortunes of Vanderbilt University and a male student suing it… And from a tweet by KC Johnson: ‘In addition to Vandy, there are pending suits against Ohio State(2), Case Western Reserve, Dayton, Muskingum, Belmont, Ohio Wesleyan, & Oberlin that could be affected by the Miami decision.
thecollegefix.com By Greg Piper
