Eugene Volokh is the Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, and the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA School of Law. Naturally, his posts here (like the opinions of the other bloggers) are his own, and not endorsed by any institution. He is also the co-host of the Free Speech Unmuted podcast.
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DoJ Sues UCLA for Allegedly Tolerating Discrimination and Harassment Against Jews and Israelis, Seeks Return of Federal Grants
The lawsuit asks the court to (among many other things) "Rescind and award to the United States restitution of all grant payments made to UCLA during the time of UCLA’s noncompliance with Title VI."
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Defamation Claim Against University-Owned Public Radio Station Dismissed on State Sovereign Immunity Grounds
"Eby alleged an anonymous group of KWMU's staffers published an article on Medium.com [in 2020] accusing him of upholding 'white supremacy at the station by remaining complacent with the status quo.'"
American Can't Sue Iraq and Lebanon for Allegedly Anti-Gay Policies
"Plaintiff claims that these policies and laws 'have been exported to the United States through their nationals' and 'have directly caused catastrophic harm to Plaintiff, a gay United States citizen residing in Wayne County, Michigan.'"
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Texas Juries Decide Child Custody Cases
UPDATE: I've included a reader's pragmatic perspective on why many Texas parents choose not to ask for jury trials.
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Law School Recommended Against Student's Bar Admission, Partly for Alleged "Celebration" of Charlie Kirk Assassination in Law School Clinic
The student sued seeking to undo the reprimand and report to the bar, but a federal court concluded that this particular remedy is barred by state sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment.
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Lawsuit Against Virginia Tech Alleging Anti-Male Bias in Title IX Proceedings Can Go Forward in Part
“Johnny has alleged abundant facts that, if true, raise grave concerns about the way VT, through these administrators, conducted the investigations of Pauline’s and Jane’s sexual-assault claims, as well as the ultimate outcomes of those inquiries. Simply put, Johnny has alleged facts that, if true, raise a plausible inference that VT discriminated against him in these investigations because he is male and, in so doing, violated Title IX.”
Racial Slurs as Actionable Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
UPDATE: Link to transcript in the earlier criminal case, and quotes from the transcript, added
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"Plaintiff Was Enticed by an Attractive, Busty Jewess, and Wet His Mouth with a Drink of Partially Unknown Provenance"
"Plaintiff suspects he was poisoned by Jews."
Use This One Weird Trick to Keep Your Name Out of an Upcoming Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against You
Or at least try: A court considered it, but ultimately said no.
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"Instead, Claude Just Made Up More Stuff"
"How [plaintiff's lawyer] then could have blindly and solely trusted Claude to remedy the brief is difficult to fathom."
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Plaintiff Can Sue Pseudonymously Because She's a Criminal Defense Lawyer with a Gambling Addiction
But reputational and professional harm is generally not a basis for allowing pseudonymity in most cases (since so many litigants face some such harm from the allegations in their cases being public). Did it make sense to allow it here?
8½-Year Sentence for American Who Fought for ISIS Is Too Lenient, Says Sixth Circuit
The district court had departed downward from the Sentencing Guidelines' recommended sentence of 30 to 50 years.
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