Articles Posted in First Circuit

For the second time this year, the First Circuit has reversed a district court’s ruling dismissing a student’s breach of contract claim against his school, reaffirming that courts are willing to second guess school’s interpretations and applications of their own policies. Background of the Case In Doe v. Stonehill College…

Until this spring, the First Circuit had not decided many major student discipline cases in over thirty years.  In June, the Court handed down its long-awaited decision in Doe. v. Trustees of Boston College. The case concerns an alleged sexual assault that took place on a dance floor in 2012.  A…