Case 3:19-Cv-00209-VAB Document 128 Filed 01/30/20 Page 1 of 75
Case 3:19-cv-00209-VAB Document 128 Filed 01/30/20 Page 1 of 75 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT ANNA MCNEIL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. No. 3:19-CV-00209 (VAB) YALE UNIVERSITY, et al., Defendants. RULING AND ORDER ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS Anna McNeil, Eliana Singer, Ry Walker, and Engender (“Plaintiffs”) have sued three different sets of defendants: their undergraduate institution, Yale University (“Yale”), a group of fraternities and related housing companies (collectively referred to as the “Fraternity Defendants” or “Defendant Fraternities”)1, and two housing companies, 402 Crown, LLC, and 340 Elm, LLC, which rent housing to members of two of the Fraternity Defendants. Yale, the Fraternity Defendants, 402 Crown, LLC, and 340 Elm, LLC, have all moved to have the claims against them dismissed. For the following reasons, the motions to dismiss of the Fraternity Defendants, 402 Crown, LLC, and 340 Elm, LLC are GRANTED in their entirety and the motion to dismiss of Yale is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. 1 Yale Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi International, Inc.; Alpha Epsilon Pi, Epsilon Upsilon; Alpha Kappa Delta of Chi Psi; Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Chapter; Leo; Sigma Chi, Theta Upsilon Chapter; Sigma Nu Fraternity Beta Alpha Chapter; Sigma Phi Epsilon, Connecticut Delta Chapter; Zeta Psi, ETA Chapter; Alpha Delta Phi International Inc.; Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity, Inc.; Chi Psi Fraternity; Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity; Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity; Sigma Chi International Fraternity; Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc.; Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity; Zeta Psi Fraternity, Inc.; Sig Ep Housing of Connecticut Delta LLC; Edward J.
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