WILLIAMS v. WENDLER

No. 07-3315.

530 F.3d 584 (2008)

Monet WILLIAMS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Walter V. WENDLER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 23, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Fedder (argued), Carbondale, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Ellen E. Douglass, Donyelle L. Gray (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in this civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 are three black female students at Southern Illinois University, a state university, who were suspended by the university, one for two years and the other two for three years, for hazing another black female student, who was pledging the plaintiffs' sorority, Zeta Phi Beta.

The university defines hazing as "any action required...

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