• Wednesday, November 25, 2009
  • Print

Appeals Court: Lawsuit Against U. of Colorado Will Go Forward

A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider its decision to revive a gender-discrimination lawsuit filed against the University of Colorado by two women who say they were gang-raped at a 2001 football recruiting party. In a ruling issued late Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit rejected the university’s request to have the lawsuit dismissed, the Associated Press reported.

In September, a three-judge panel of the 10th Circuit unanimously held that a federal district court had erred in dismissing the lawsuit in 2005. —Jeffrey Selingo