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CASE ARCHIVE · Virginia TechVirginia Tech · Brzonkala / Morrison · 1994–2000
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Read the evidence in context

A complaint is a party’s pleading; an institutional statement is that institution’s account. Neither automatically establishes a finding.

Court opinion

United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 ↗

Source date: 15 May 2000 · Checked 1 Oct 2026

Opinion includes the procedural history of the 1994 allegation and university proceedings. Legal language may be distressing.

University leadership record

Virginia Tech archives: Paul Torgersen ↗

Source date: Publication date not confirmed · Checked 1 Oct 2026

Publication date not displayed; checked 1 October 2026.

Court opinion

Brzonkala: district court Title IX opinion, 935 F. Supp. 772 ↗

Source date: 7 May 1996 · Checked 1 Oct 2026

District court ruling; later appellate history is separately linked.

Court opinion

Brzonkala: district court civil-remedy opinion, 935 F. Supp. 779 ↗

Source date: 26 Jul 1996 · Checked 1 Oct 2026

Opinion accepts allegations for purposes of the dismissal analysis, not as a criminal verdict.

Court opinion

Brzonkala: Fourth Circuit panel opinion ↗

Source date: 23 Dec 1997 · Checked 1 Oct 2026

Panel opinion; subsequently vacated for en banc review. Read alongside the Supreme Court history.