High Court Sides with University of Iowa in Case Involving Assault of Athlete

The Iowa Supreme Court has held that University of Iowa (UI) President Sally Mason was well within her rights to fire the school's longtime dean of students after he reportedly mishandled a high-profile 2007 sexual assault case involving football players.   In so ruling, the high court rejected claims by Dean Phillip Jones that he was wrongly terminated and defamed by Mason as well as a law firm, the Stolar Partnership, that criticized his response to the assault.   Jones, who had been