Experts Are Skeptical of Legal Impact of Releasing Brown U. Donor's Documents

Legal experts say a federal-court decision last week that ordered Brown University to release an individual donor's fund-raising records is not likely to set a legal precedent.

The court order probably won't carry much weight beyond Rhode Island, given the unusual facts surrounding the case, several lawyers said.

In 2006, William McCormick III, a former student at Brown University, was accused by

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