Legal Opinion
Joel Doe v. Boyertown Area School District
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 26, 2018No. 17-3113PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKEE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to decide whether the District Court correctly refused to enjoin the defendant School District from allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that are consistent with the students' gender identities as opposed to the sex they were determined to have at birth. The plaintiffs-a group of high school students who identify as being the same sex they were determined to have at birth (cisgender)-believe the policy violated their constitutional rights of bodily privacy, as well as Title IX, and Pennsylvania tort law. As we shall…
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