Legal Opinion
Floyd v. Waiters
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 20, 1998No. 94-8667PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
In this case, we address a question of school district liability for acts of sexual harassment of students by school district employees. Plaintiffs appeal the district court’s order granting .summary judgment for Defendants on Plaintiffs’ Title IX and Section 1983 claims. We conclude that Plaintiffs, as a matter of law, cannot maintain either claim; and we affirm.
Background
Carol and Carla Floyd (Plaintiffs), students under the authority of the Board of Public Education and Orphanage for Bibb County (BOE), say that William Booker (Booker), a security guard for the BOE,…
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