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Autistic Student Subjected to Homophobic Bullying May Proceed on Title IX and Equal Protection Claims

April 30, 2017

In an early application of the 7th Circuit’s ruling in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, 853 F.3d 339 (Apr. 4, 2017), U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson of the Western District of Wisconsin (which is in the 7th Circuit) ruled that an autistic man who used to be a student in the Eau Claire Area School District can maintain his action under Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause on a claim … <Read More>

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Tags: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, autism, autistic student, Bowe v. Eau Claire Area School District, bullying of autistic student, bullying of students, Cates & Luebke S.C., class-of-one equal protection claims, Connor Bowe, David Oldenberg, disability discrimination, equal protection, Gingras, Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, homophobic bullying, Paul A. Kinne, public schools, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Section 504, sex discrimination, sex stereotypes, student rights, Tim O'Reilly, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI, U.S. District Court for Western District of Wisconsin, U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson

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Arthur S. Leonard, a professor at New York Law School since 1982, edits the monthly newsletter Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, and is co-author of Sexuality Law (Carolina Academic Press) and AIDS Law in a Nutshell (West Publishing Co.). He writes on legal issues for Gay City News (New York), and serves as a trustee of the Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services of New York.


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