"Katerina Boukin and Marilyn Meyers, two Jewish students, and the legal arm of StandWithUs, a "nonprofit education organization dedicated to supporting Israel and combating antisemitism," brought the lawsuit against MIT in March of 2024. It was dismissed in August of that year in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts when the court ruled that MIT did not act with deliberate indifference."
"StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice Executive Director Carly Gammill said in a statement that their suit was not to punish the speech but "hold MIT accountable for its failure to properly address the pervasively hostile environment on its campus for Jewish and Israeli students." "Plaintiffs sufficiently alleged what they experienced was actionable antisemitism," Gammill said. "It is troubling - and out of step with the very purpose of Title VI - that the meagre steps taken by the MIT administration could be considered sufficient to address the vitriol experience"
A federal appeals court and a lower federal court dismissed a complaint against MIT alleging failure to curb antisemitism during pro-Palestinian student protests. Two Jewish students and StandWithUs filed the suit in March 2024; the district court dismissed it in August, finding MIT did not act with deliberate indifference. The First Circuit affirmed in late October, concluding the students' claims did not plausibly rise to actionable harassment and that MIT was not deliberately indifferent to protest effects on Jewish and Israeli students. StandWithUs criticized MIT's remedial actions and said the suit sought accountability for a hostile campus environment.
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