Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District

E108702

Title IX case United States Supreme Court case sexual harassment case

Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District is a 1998 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited school district liability for teacher-student sexual harassment under Title IX to situations where officials had actual notice and responded with deliberate indifference.

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Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District canonical	3

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Title IX case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ sexual harassment case ⓘ
appliesTo	recipients of federal education funds ⓘ
areaOfLaw	anti-discrimination law ⓘ civil rights law ⓘ education law ⓘ
citation	524 U.S. 274 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1998-06-22 ⓘ
decisionType	5–4 decision ⓘ
defendant	Lago Vista Independent School District ⓘ
dissentingJustice	David H. Souter ⓘ John Paul Stevens ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
docketNumber	96-1866 ⓘ
effect	narrowed school district exposure to monetary damages under Title IX ⓘ
holding	A school district is liable for damages under Title IX for teacher-student sexual harassment only when an official with authority to address the alleged discrimination has actual notice and responds with deliberate indifference. ⓘ
languageOfDecision	English ⓘ
legalPrinciple	Liability under Title IX is conditioned on the recipient’s own misconduct, not vicarious liability. ⓘ Title IX ⓘ surface form: Title IX is enforced through an implied private right of action for damages.
legalSubject	Title IX ⓘ surface form: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 federal funding conditions ⓘ teacher-student sexual harassment ⓘ
limitsLiabilityOf	school districts ⓘ
majorityJustices	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ Antonin Scalia ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
originatingJurisdiction	Texas ⓘ
plaintiff	Alida Star Gebser ⓘ
rejectedTheory	constructive notice standard for Title IX damages ⓘ respondeat superior liability under Title IX ⓘ
relatedTo	Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education ⓘ Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools ⓘ
requires	a response amounting to deliberate indifference ⓘ knowledge by an official with authority to institute corrective measures ⓘ
standardEstablished	actual notice ⓘ deliberate indifference ⓘ
statuteInterpreted	20 U.S.C. § 1681 ⓘ
subsequentCitationIn	Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education ⓘ surface form: Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, 526 U.S. 629 (1999)
topic	institutional liability for sexual harassment in schools ⓘ

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Title IX → notableCase → Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District ⓘ

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

Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education → relatedTo → Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District ⓘ