Legal Opinion
Vance ex rel. Vance v. Spencer County Public School District
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 6, 2000No. 99-5095PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtKeith, J., joined by Daughtrey, J.,
GILMAN, J. (pp. 264-65), delivered a separate concurring opinion.
OPINION
KEITH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal1 presents questions concerning the nature and extent of circumstantial evidence needed to permit a reasonable inference of gender discrimination by school officials in the student-on-student sexual harassment context. The Spencer County School District (“Spencer”)2 appeals from the district court’s denial of its *256post-trial motion for judgment as a matter of law. A jury found that Spencer violated both Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1688, and 42 U.S.C. §…
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