Court Allows Breach of Contract Claim for Haverford's Allegedly Failing to Respond to Anti-Semitism Complaints —But Only for Nominal Damages

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Court Allows Breach of Contract Claim for Haverford's Allegedly Failing to Respond to Anti-Semitism Complaints —But Only for Nominal Damages

In yesterday's Landau v. Corp. of Haverford College, Judge Gerard McHugh (E.D. Pa.) rejected plaintiffs' Title VI claims (see here for more), but allowed the breach of contract claim to go forward, albeit only for nominal damages: Plaintiffs allege that although they filed complaints to Haverford about many of the instances [of alleged anti-Semitic behavior], they did not receive any response, violating the policies that Haverford represents as …