Court upholds dismissal of college board from lawsuit

(AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court's dismissal of the Nebraska State College Board of Trustees from a lawsuit over the 2010 disappearance of a Peru State College student.

Thomas, 19, disappeared after encountering Joshua Keadle, a fellow Peru State student now serving prison time for raping another teenage girl.

Citing a number of previous decisions, the appeals court agreed Friday with a lower court judge who last year dismissed the college board from the lawsuit.