FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION v. HURLEY

No. 17-2220.

911 F.3d 674 (2018)

FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION; Feminists United on Campus; Paige McKinsey; Julia Michels; Kelli Musick; Jordan Williams; Alexis Lehman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard HURLEY, Former President of University of Mary Washington; Troy Paino, Current President of University of Mary Washington; University of Mary Washington, Defendants-Appellees. National Women's Law Center et al.; National Education Association, Amici Supporting Appellant, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education; Cato Institute; National Coalition Against Censorship; Nadine Strossen; Electronic Frontier Foundation, Amici Supporting Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 19, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Erwin Chemerinsky , UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF LAW, Berkeley, California, for Appellants. Samuel Thurston Towell , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Debra S. Katz , Lisa J. Banks , Carolyn L. Wheeler , KATZ, MARSHALL & BANKS, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Tim Schulte , SHELLEY CUPP SCHULTE, P.C., Richmond, Virginia, for Appellants. Neena Chaudhry , Emily Martin , Sunu Chandy , Alexandra Brodsky , NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER, Washington, D.C.; Cathy A. Harris , Daniel Clark , KATOR, PARKS, WEISER & HARRIS, P.L.L.C., for Amici National Women's Law Center, et al. Alice O'Brien , Eric A. Harrington , Amanda L. Shapiro , NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, Washington, D.C., for Amicus National Education Association. Sophia Cope , Corynne McSherry , David Greene , Adam Schwartz , Aaron Mackey , ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Electronic Frontier Foundation. Charles M. Henter , HENTERLAW PLC, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Amici Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Cato Institute, National Coalition Against Censorship, and Nadine Strossen.

Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge King wrote the opinion, in which Judge Harris joined. Judge Agee wrote an opinion dissenting in part and concurring in part.


Plaintiffs Feminist Majority Foundation, Feminists United on Campus, and several Feminists United members appeal from the district court's dismissal of their civil action, filed pursuant to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as well as 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Feminist Majority Found. v. Univ. of Mary Wash.,...

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