Williams v. Board of Regents of the University System

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

The primary question in this appeal is whether plaintiff, a student at the University of Georgia, alleged facts sufficient to withstand defendants’ motion to dismiss her Title IX claim based on student-on-student sexual harassment.

Background

Here, as alleged in her complaint,1 at approximately 9:00 p.m. on January 14, 2002, Tiffany Williams (“Williams”), then a student at the University of Georgia (“UGA”), received a phone call from UGA basketball player Tony Cole. Cole invited Williams to his room in McWhorter Hall, the main dormitory for student-athletes on the…