A small evangelical college in Oklahoma has become the first school to sue the federal government for its overbearing Title IX enforcement—possibly paving the way for others. Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville has joined an existing lawsuit against the federal Department of Education first filed by a former University of Virginia law student, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported Monday.

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights issued an all but binding guidance via a “Dear Colleague” letter in 2011 that forced colleges and universities to try sexual assault cases in-house or else fall victim to an authoritarian naming-and-shaming campaign, and risk the loss of federal funding.