Choh v. Brown University

── Choh v. Brown University ── Case No.: 24-2826 Court: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Date: April 02, 2026 Category: General 24-2826 Choh v. Brown University UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT’S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION “SUMMARY ORDER”). A PARTY CITING TO A SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL. At a stated term of The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the 2nd day of April, two thousand twenty- six. PRESENT: DENNIS JACOBS, RICHARD C. WESLEY, BETH ROBINSON, Circuit Judges. _________________________________________ TAMENANG CHOH, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, GRACE KIRK, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs - Appellants, v. No. 24-2826 BROWN UNIVERSITY, TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, YALE UNIVERSITY, COUNCIL OF IVY GROUP PRESIDENTS, Defendants - Appellees. * _________________________________________ FOR PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS: JOSHUA P. DAVIS, Berger Montague PC, San Francisco, CA (F. Paul Bland, Robert E. Litan, Berger Montague PC, Washington, D.C.; Eric L. Cramer, Alan Cotler, Berger Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA; Edward Normand, Richard Cipolla, Freedman Normand Friedland LLP, New York, NY, on the brief). FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEE THE SETH P. WAXMAN, Wilmer Cutler TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, OF PENNSYLVANIA: Washington, D.C. (David Gringer, Alan Schoenfeld, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY, on the brief). FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEE Noah J. Kaufman, Morgan, Lewis & BROWN UNIVERSITY: Bockius LLP, Boston, MA; Jon R. Roellke, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C. FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEE Karen Hoffman Lent, Skadden, TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY New York, NY; Amy Van Gelder, OF NEW YORK: * The Clerk’s office is respectfully directed to amend the caption as reflected above. 2  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Chicago, IL. FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEE Norman Armstrong, Jr., Kirkland & CORNELL UNIVERSITY: Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C.; Emily