Legal Opinion
Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 21, 2009No. 07-1125PublishedCited by 484 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Alito
The issue in this case of peer-on-peer sexual harassment is whether Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 86 Stat. 373, 20 U. S. C. § 1681(a), precludes an action under Rev. Stat. § 1979, 42 U. S. C. § 1983, alleging unconstitutional gender discrimination in schools. The Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that it does. 504 F. 3d 165 (2007). We reverse.
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Because this case comes to us on a motion to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), we assume the truth of the facts as alleged in petitioners’ complaint. During the 2000-2001 school year, the daughter of…
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