Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied Ohio State University's petition for rehearing en banc in Snyder-Hill v. Ohio State University. This case arises out of allegations that university physician and athletic doctor Richard Strauss abused hundreds of Ohio State athletes between 1978 and 1998. The abuse did not become public until 2018, raising questions about when relevant Title IX claims accrued.
Earlier this fall, a divided panel of the Sixth Circuit reversed the district court's conclusion that the claims against Ohio State were barred by the statute of limitations. Judge Moore wrote for the court (joined by Judge Clay), and Judge Guy dissented. Ohio State filed a petition for rehearing en banc, which the court denied today, with four judges (Guy, Thapar, Readler, and Bush) noting their dissent.
Judge Readler wrote an opinion dissenting from the denial of rehearing en banc. It begins:
