Jim Kenyon: Will sex assault suspension lawsuit lead to Dartmouth’s day in court?
Modified: 7/17/2021 9:55:07 PM
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Hoping to put a quick end to a suspended student’s federal lawsuit alleging racial discrimination during a sexual assault investigation, Dartmouth gave it the ol’ college try.
It brought in a so-called Biglaw firm from Boston to argue that the case should be thrown out for lack of merit.
U.S. District Court Judge Joseph DiClerico’s July 8 order dashed Dartmouth’s hopes.
DiClerico is allowing the case to move forward, ruling that the unnamed Black student, who was on Dartmouth’s football team, had “satisfied his burden of pleading a plausible claim as to intentional race discrimination.”
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