Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools

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United States Supreme Court case landmark Title IX case

Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools is a landmark 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established students can seek monetary damages for intentional sex discrimination under Title IX.

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Label	Occurrences
Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools canonical	4
Franklin v. Gwinnett County	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark Title IX case ⓘ
allegation	school officials failed to respond adequately to reports of harassment ⓘ student subjected to sexual harassment by a teacher ⓘ
appliesTo	recipients of federal education funds ⓘ students alleging sex discrimination in education programs ⓘ
arguedDate	1991-10-09 ⓘ
citation	503 U.S. 60 ⓘ
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1992-02-26 ⓘ
decisionType	unanimous decision ⓘ
docketNumber	90-918 ⓘ
federalLawBasis	Spending Clause legislation ⓘ
fullName	Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools self-link ⓘ
holding	A student may recover compensatory damages for intentional sex discrimination under Title IX ⓘ Monetary damages are available in private actions under Title IX for intentional violations ⓘ Where legal rights have been invaded and a federal statute provides a general right to sue, federal courts may use any available remedy to make good the wrong done ⓘ
issue	Scope of remedies under an implied private right of action in Title IX ⓘ Whether monetary damages are available in a private action to enforce Title IX ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
legalArea	civil rights law ⓘ education law ⓘ federal statutory interpretation ⓘ sex discrimination law ⓘ
locationOfFacts	Gwinnett County, Georgia ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Byron R. White ⓘ
opinionType	majority opinion ⓘ
page	60 ⓘ
petitioner	Christine Franklin ⓘ
precedentFor	Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education ⓘ Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District ⓘ Title IX sexual harassment litigation ⓘ
programTypeInvolved	public high school ⓘ
relatedConcept	federal funding conditions ⓘ implied private right of action ⓘ intentional discrimination ⓘ sexual harassment in schools ⓘ
remedySought	monetary damages ⓘ
reporter	United States Reports ⓘ
respondent	Gwinnett County Public Schools ⓘ
result	Confirmed availability of compensatory damages for Title IX violations ⓘ Expanded remedies available to plaintiffs in Title IX cases ⓘ
shortName	Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Franklin v. Gwinnett County
statuteInterpreted	Title IX ⓘ surface form: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
subsequentImpact	Influenced development of school district liability standards for sex discrimination ⓘ Strengthened enforcement of Title IX in educational institutions ⓘ
volume	503 ⓘ
vote	9-0 ⓘ
yearDecided	1992 ⓘ

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Title IX → notableCase → Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools ⓘ

Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools → fullName → Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools self-link ⓘ

Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools → shortName → Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Franklin v. Gwinnett County

Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District → relatedTo → Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools ⓘ

Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education → relatedTo → Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools ⓘ