ROSS v. UNIVERSITY OF TULSA

No. 16-5053.

859 F.3d 1280 (2017)

Abigail ROSS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF TULSA, Defendant-Appellee. Equal Rights Advocates; SurvJustice Inc., Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 20, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Clune , Hutchinson Black and Cook, LLC, Boulder, Colorado ( Lauren E. Groth , Hutchinson Black and Cook, LLC, Boulder, Colorado, J. Spencer Bryan , and Steven J. Terrill , Bryan & Terrill Law, PLLC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant Abigail Ross.

John David Lackey , Paul & Lackey, P.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendant-Appellee University of Tulsa.

Rebecca Peterson-Fisher , Equal Rights Advocates, San Francisco, California, filed a brief for Amici Curiae Equal Rights Advocates and SurvJustice Inc.

Before KELLY, EBEL, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.


The plaintiff (Ms. Abigail Ross) was allegedly raped by a fellow student at the University of Tulsa (Mr. Patrick Swilling). The alleged rape led Ms. Ross to sue the university for money damages under Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. Under Title IX, universities that receive federal financial assistance...

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