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ERICSON v. SYRACUSE UNIV.

No. 98 Civ. 3435 (JSR).

45 F.Supp.2d 344 (1999)

Kirsten ERICSON, Dacia Kornechuk, Dr. Paul Ericson, Linda Ericson, Edwina Kornechuk, and John Kornechuk, Plaintiffs, v. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Kenneth Shaw, Jesse Dwire, Jake Crouthamel, Robert Gifford, Janet Kittel, Neil B. Strodel, Eleanor Gallagher, Louis Marcoccia, Robert S Pickett, Colleen O. Bench, Nancy R. Mudrick, and Louis R. Walker, Jr., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

April 13, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan C. Trachtman, William J. Dealy, Dealy & Trachtman, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

James E. McGrath, III, Daniel Murphy, Jr., Mary Ellen Donnelly, Putney, Twombley, Hall & Hirson, New York City, for Defendant Jesse Dwire.

Sheila Gowan, Asst. U.S. Atty., U.S. Atty's Office, New York City, for U.S.

OPINION

RAKOFF, District Judge.

On March 25, 1999, this Court, ruling from the bench, upheld the constitutionality of Subtitle C of the Violence Against Women Act, 42 U.S.C. § 13981, which entitles any person injured by a gender-motivated crime of violence to sue the perpetrator in federal court. Very shortly thereafter, the instant case settled. Nonetheless, because this Court's decision was apparently the first to address the question of the...

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