Judge dismisses most of Title IX lawsuit against Haskell
August 3, 2017
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed most of a Title IX lawsuit filed against Haskell Indian Nations University by a former student who says she was treated unfairly and ultimately expelled after she reported she was raped in a dormitory three years ago by two football players.
In his decision, U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten agreed with attorneys for the university who argued that Title IX doesn't apply to Haskell as it does to other public colleges because the school is a federal agency operated by the Bureau of Indian Education, The Lawrence Journal-World reported .
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