Virginia Asks Appeals Court to Block Title IX Lawsuits Against Public Colleges

By PATRICK HEALY and DOUGLAS LEDERMAN

The state of Virginia has asked a U.S. appeals court to shield public colleges from being sued in federal court for violating Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, a key gender-bias law.

In a brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit last month, lawyers in the Virginia Attorney General's office argued that the 11th Amendment to the U.S.

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