Legal Opinion
Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 22, 1998No. 96-1866PublishedCited by 1,342 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
The question in this ease is when a school district may be held liable in damages in an implied right of action under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 86 Stat. 373, as amended, 20 U. S. C. § 1681 et seq. (Title IX), for the sexual harassment of a student by one of the district’s teachers. We conclude that damages may not be recovered in those circumstances unless an official of the school district who at a minimum has authority to institute corrective measures on the district’s behalf has actual notice of, and is deliberately indifferent to, the teacher’s misconduct.
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