Legal Opinion
H.M. v. Jefferson County Bd. of Educ.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided July 17, 1998No. 1961607PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This case concerns whether a school board can be held liable under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, § 909, as amended, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1688, for a male teacher's alleged sexual harassment of one of his male students.
The trial court entered a summary judgment in favor of the school board. The facts of this case are strikingly similar to the facts in Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent SchoolDistrict, ___ U.S. ___, 118 S.Ct. 1989, 141 L.Ed.2d 277 (1998). In that case, the United States Supreme Court held in favor of the defendant school district because there was no showing that the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public SchoolsSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Seamons v. SnowCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
- Ruth Ann Bougher v. University of Pittsburgh, Wesley W. Posvar and Trevor Melia, in Their Official and Individual Capacities, Mary-Ann Bishop CoffeyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Donovan v. Poway Unified School DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2008
- Morrison v. Northern Essex Community CollegeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
- Henry v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1998
- Henry v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1998