Legal Opinion

Jane Doe v. Taylor Independent School District, and Mike Caplinger and Eddy Lankford

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 2, 1992No. 90-8431PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

You would think it obvious that sexual molestation, when visited upon one of our schoolchildren by her public schoolteacher, would undoubtedly violate her constitutional right to be free from intrusions into bodily integrity. You would also think it indisputable that a school superintendent and a school principal, once aware that such reprehensible conduct was taking place on their campus, would have not only a moral duty, but also a legal duty, to stop it — that the Constitution would not tolerate their looking the other way or taking only meager measures to protect a…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. City of Canton v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Salas v. CarpenterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
  2. Brum v. Town of DartmouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
  3. Rosa H., Individually and as Next Friend of Deborah H. v. San Elizario Independent School District, San Elizario Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
  4. Doe Ex Rel. Doe v. Petaluma City School DistrictDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1993
  5. McClellan v. Board of Regents of the State UniversityTennessee Supreme Court · 1996

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