After ‘six months of hell,’ student accused of rape acquitted by jury
He said their dorm-room sex was consensual. She said it wasn’t. In the end, the jury believed him.
thecollegefix.com By Jennifer Kabbany
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COURT Rulings & Settlements
Calif. Judge issues stinging rebuke of UC DAVIS’ handling of TitleIX sexual misconduct case
In a September 22, 2015 hearing, Yolo County Superior Court Judge Timothy L. Fall granted a motion to stay the interim suspension imposed on a UC DAVIS student accused of sexual misconduct.
In issuing his ruling Judge Fall stated that “due process has completely been obliterated by the University’s failure to get this case adjudicated. Complete failure to do it.” Judge Fall also faulted UC DAVIS’s handling of the case for its impact on the alleged victim, stating, “… if anyone has failed the alleged victim in this case [it] is the University.”
For a pdf of the Judge’s ruling click here: UC Davis Faulted in TitleIX case
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Court Will Not Dismiss Disciplined Students’ Title IX Claim Against Salisbury University
Two male students who were suspended from Salisbury University in Maryland can continue to litigate their claim that the university’s flawed disciplinary process was the product of gender bias.
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Due Process Legal Update: Judges in Virginia, Tennessee Rule in Favor of Accused Students
…college students accused of sexual misconduct are routinely denied due process in campus judicial proceedings. In recent years, an increasing number of those students have been taking their universities to court, arguing that unfair campus proceedings violated their constitutional due process rights, breached contracts, and even discriminated against them on the basis of sex.
thefire.org By Samantha Harris
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Judge Orders Middlebury College to Reinstate Student Accused of Sexual Assault
After exhausting his appeals at Middlebury, John Doe sued… the case’s unusual history, in which one academic institution cleared John Doe while another expelled him, created “a unique situation.” Still, Judge Murtha agreed that John Doe, a senior, should not have his education interrupted before his lawsuit could be heard.
saveservices By Andrew Mytelka
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A Campus Rape Ruling, Reversed
The University of Michigan has vacated its findings against a student accused of sexual assault, after he sued the school for violating his civil rights.
www.slate.com By Emily Yoffe
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All Charges Dropped in Duke Case
“We are just as innocent today as we were back then”…North Carolina’s attorney general declared three former Duke University lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting a stripper innocent of all charges…”The Duke lacrosse case has shown that our society has lost sight of the most fundamental principle of our legal system: the presumption of innocence.”
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SDSU lifts suspension against student (who was falsely accused)
San Diego State University has lifted the suspension against a male student after finding allegations of sexual misconduct against him were unsubstantiated….“One of my goals with this overall is to try to make her accountable for what she has done and make her publicly say ‘I’m sorry’ to me, and to actual rape victims,’”
sandiegouniontribune By Gary Warth
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Landmark case shines light on real campus rape ‘epidemic’: equating regret with rape
A federal judge ruled .. when a college promotes the idea that a woman’s post-intercourse regret is tantamount to rape, it manufactures a climate of gender discrimination against male students that can “railroad” (the court’s word, not mine) the innocent who are wrongly accused of sex offenses.
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‘Yes Means Yes’ May Be Illegal, Judge Rules
Just as affirmative consent standards are proliferating at campuses across the country, a Tennessee state judge issued a ruling that casts doubts on their legality… Critics of affirmative consent have long argued that this standard perverts due process by essentially requiring the accused person prove that he is innocent. McCoy’s ruling is a full-throated endorsement of this reasoning. www.the-american-interest.com
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