Thomson v. Board of Trustees of the University of Rhode Island, No. 1:2020cv00295 - Document 77 (D.R.I. 2023)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER granting (69) Motion for Summary Judgment in case 1:20-cv-00295-JJM-LDA; and, granting (61) Motion for Summary Judgment in case 1:20-cv-00465-JJM-LDA. So Ordered by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. on 1/31/2023. Associated Cases: 1:20-cv-00295-JJM-LDA, 1:20-cv-00465-JJM-LDA(Jackson, Ryan)
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Thomson v. Board of Trustees of the University of Rhode Island Doc. 77 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND ) SEAN BURT and LOGAN THOMSON, ) individually and on behalf of all others ) similarly situated, ) Plaintiffs, ) v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND, Defendant. --------------- ) ) ) ) ) ) C.A. No. 1:20-cv-00295-JJM·LDA C.A. No. 1:20-cv-00465-JJM-LDA MEMORANDUM AND ORDER JOHN J. MCCONNELL, JR., United States District Court Chief Judge. Before the Com·t is Defendant Board of Trustees of the University of Rhode Island's ("URI" or the "University") Motion for Summary Judgment. ECF No. 69. I. BACKGROUND This case represents one of many previously consolidated actions (for ruling on their motions to dismiss) in which students alleged that various Rhode Island universities' decisions to ti·ansition from in-person to remote academic experiences in response to the COVID-19 pandemic breached the contract that exists between student and university under Rhode Island law. See Burt v. Bd of Trustees of Univ. ofR.L, 523 F. Supp. 3d 214 (D.R.I. 2021). Here, two students, Sean Burt and Logan Thomson, seek to 1·ecover from URI three types of fees for themselves, and ultimately Dockets.Justia.com
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