Fourth Circuit Rejects Most Constitutional Claims in Duke Lacrosse Litigation

By Howard M. Wasserman Professor of Law, FIU College of Law   The latest salvo in the never-ending battle arising from false rape allegations against members of the Duke University men’s lacrosse team in March 2006 was fired in December by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in a decision in the civil litigation brought by the former players.   The litigation involves three consolidated lawsuits--one case by the three players who actually were indicted, one case