Ian Cooper wins important Seventh Circuit appeal on the sufficiency of a response to a complaint of sexual harassment

Jul 28, 2012

 Ian P. Cooper,  Kate L. Nash

In a case of significance to all institutions of higher education and employers generally, Ian Cooper won a victory on behalf of Southern Illinois University before the U.S. Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit in the case Milligan vs. Southern Illinois University. In a 34-page, 2-1 decision, the Seventh Circuit affirmed the summary judgment that Ian and Kate Nash won before the district court.   The Court held that the University’s response to the student/employee’s complaints of harassment was adequate