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California Courts of Appeal

Apr. 26, 2016

Better adjudicating campus sexual assault

A recent case should call into question the mandates of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights and that office's interpretation of Title IX. By David A. DeGroot

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By David A. DeGroot

A male student-athlete at the University of Southern California recently had his school suspension arising from an alleged student conduct code violation "as a result of his participation in a group sexual encounter at a fraternity party" in January 2013 reversed by the California Court of Appeal.

His case, John Doe v. USC, 2016 DJDAR 3265 (April 5, 2016), should call into question the mandates of the U.S. Depar...

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