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Court grants permanent injunction against RPI.

By November 15, 2018 No Comments

Court annulled determination by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) that unaffiliated student violated RPI’s Student Sexual Misconduct Policy, and issued injunction preventing RPI from disseminating improper investigation materials and allegations to unaffiliated student’s academic institution.  Court ordered RPI to delete and purge John Doe’s statement and annul their determination that John Doe allegedly violated RPI’s student sexual misconduct policy.  Matter of John Doe v. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Larry Hardy as Title IX Coordinator for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Rensselaer. Cnty. Sup. Ct. 2017).

https://www.thefire.org/rensselaer-polytechnic-institute-thinks-youre-subject-to-its-student-conduct-policy-even-if-youre-not-a-student/