United States First Circuit

In a suit for defamation and breach of contract by a student against a university related to his dismissal after he allegedly assaulted a fellow student and the university's publication of a crime notification, summary judgment for the university is affirmed where the university enjoyed a qualified privilege under the Clery Act regarding the publication of the crime notice, and plaintiff made no showing that his reasonable expectations concerning the university's disciplinary process were thwarted.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/05/2007
• Published 12/05/2007

Judges

• SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, SELYA and STAHL, Senior Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John R. Mahoney, with whom Asquith & Mahoney, LLP was on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul V. Curcio, with whom John A. Tarantino, Katy A. Hynes, and Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. were on brief, for appellee.