III. Recent Trends in Title IX Reporting and Investigation A. John and Jane Doe Cases Over the past few years, the number of “Doe” cases against universities related to Title IX complaints has surged. Plaintiffs in “John Doe” cases are typically the respondents in Title IX investigations...
There has been another installment in the long line of court cases examining whether colleges and universities are liable for off‐campus misconduct by students. Traditionally, these cases have involved tort/negligence claims and explored whether there is a special (legal) relationship between post...
Failure of educational institutions to comply with Title IX legislation led to various lawsuits, culminating in the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision inFranklinv.Gwinnett County Public Schools(1992). The court ruled unanimously thatpunitive damagesshould be awarded to plaintiffs when it can be proved...
In Franklin, the Supreme Court ruled that students who are subjected to sexual harassment in public schools may sue their boards for monetary damages under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Franklin is important because it was the first case wherein the Supreme Court upheld an award...
Local grievances run through the school's Title IX coordinator or office, which have procedures in place to handle cases involving sex discrimination, sexual harassment and sexual violence. The schools can dole out discipline for these grievances. Federal complaints go to the Education Department...
Jack and Jill Go to Court: Litigating a Peer Sexual Harassment Case Under Title IX 来自 scholar.valpo.edu 喜欢 0 阅读量: 28 作者: SP Stuart 摘要: Title IX peer sexual harassment cases present challenges to litigators because of the unique educational environment in which these cases arise. ...
During the forty-four year history of Title IX, the legislative changes proposed and passed by Congress and the rulings of court cases filed with the Federal and Supreme Courts evolved the scope and regulation of the statute. This research performs a policy analysis to determine whether the ...
It is not unusual for Title IX complaints to center around relatively minor, non-criminal accusations. These cases should be treated seriously, but they routinely result in more than written warnings or restrictions on extra-curricular activities. ...
hearing officer for the Pennsylvania Department of Education and is frequently called upon to train attorneys on proper investigative, adjudicative, and litigation practices. He has tried many dozens of cases, and argued before every appellate court in the Common...
in many cases, an improvement over being an assistant for decades to a male head coach who would never retire. “Because Title IX mandated that a coach of a women’s team be paid ‘something’ (seldom comparable to a man in [a] parallel position), men sudden...