GRACE CHEN and DANIELLE VILLARREAL, individually and on behalf and all others similarly situated v. HILLSDALE COLLEGE - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 28, 2025

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Mark P. Chalos, LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Allyson N. Ho, GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP, Dallas, Texas, for Appellee.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Mark P. Chalos, LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP, Nashville, Tennessee, Annika K. Martin, LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP, New York, New York, Michelle A. Lamy, Caitlin M. Woods, LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP, San Francisco, California, for Appellant.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: Allyson N. Ho, Elizabeth Kiernan, GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP, Dallas, Texas, Ryan J. Walsh, EIMER STAHL LLP, Madison, Wisconsin, for Appellee.

Judge(s): SUTTON, Chief Judge; SILER and WHITE, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan at Grand Rapids

SUTTON, Chief Judge. Two Hillsdale College students filed separate complaints that individual classmates sexually assaulted them. At the end of an allegedly inadequate discipline and investigation process, they sued Hillsdale for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and discrimination. The district court dismissed their complaint for failing to state a claim. We affirm.

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