Legal Opinion
Washington v. Pierce
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided December 16, 2005No. 03-487PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSkoglund, J.
¶ 1. Plaintiff filed suit alleging that she was denied access to full and equal educational opportunities because of a hostile environment caused by pervasive student-student racial and sexual harassment at Harwood Union High School. On appeal she challenges the superior court’s summary judgment dismissal of her claims under Vermont’s Public Accommodations Act, 9 V.SA §§ 4500-4507, and 16 V.S.A. §§ 565 and 1161a.
¶ 2. This ease requires us to decide whether a VPAA claim may be based on allegations of student-student harassment in a school, and, if so, what elements comprise such a claim. In…
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