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- A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit dismissed a suit from six former sorority sisters Thursday, citing a lack of personal jurisdiction.
- The plaintiffs' claims were previously dismissed in a ruling from a Wyoming federal judge last summer.
- The plaintiffs have the opportunity to stand on their existing complaint or amend the complaint to proceed in district court
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit dismissedan appeal for lack of personal jurisdiction Thursday in a case brought bysix women attempting to reinstate their lawsuit against their sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma, afterthe organization alloweda transgender woman to join their chapter.
Judge Carolyn B. McHugh authored the panel’s June 12 opinion and agreed with the sorority’s argument that there was no final order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming issued for the appellants to appeal.
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