Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education

E108704

Title IX case United States Supreme Court case

Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that held individuals are protected from retaliation when they complain about sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funding.

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Label	Occurrences
Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education canonical	1
Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education, 544 U.S. 167 (2005)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Title IX case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	anti-discrimination law ⓘ civil rights law ⓘ education law ⓘ
arguedDate	2004-11-30 ⓘ
citation	544 U.S. 167 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decision	judgment of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals was reversed ⓘ
decisionDate	2005-03-29 ⓘ
dissentingJustices	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ Antonin Scalia ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
docketNumber	02-1672 ⓘ
factualBackground	After his complaints, Jackson was removed from his coaching position ⓘ Jackson complained that the girls’ basketball team received unequal resources compared to the boys’ team ⓘ Roderick Jackson was a high school girls’ basketball coach in Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ
fullName	Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education, 544 U.S. 167 (2005)
holding	Retaliation against a person because they complain of sex discrimination is a form of intentional sex discrimination under Title IX ⓘ Title IX’s private right of action encompasses claims of retaliation against individuals who complain about sex discrimination ⓘ
impact	clarified that whistleblowers in educational settings are protected under Title IX ⓘ expanded protections for individuals who report sex discrimination in federally funded education programs ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
landmarkStatus	recognized as a landmark case on retaliation under Title IX ⓘ
legalIssue	private right of action for retaliation ⓘ retaliation under Title IX ⓘ sex discrimination in education ⓘ
majorityJustices	David H. Souter ⓘ John Paul Stevens ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ surface form: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
petitioner	Roderick Jackson ⓘ
precedentStatus	binding precedent on federal courts interpreting Title IX ⓘ
proceduralHistory	Lower courts dismissed Jackson’s Title IX retaliation claim ⓘ Title IX ⓘ surface form: The Supreme Court granted certiorari to resolve whether Title IX covers retaliation claims
programsCovered	educational programs receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ
protectedActivity	complaining about unequal treatment of girls’ athletic programs ⓘ
relatedConcept	Title IX enforcement ⓘ private right of action ⓘ retaliation ⓘ sex discrimination ⓘ
remedyType	damages and injunctive relief under Title IX ⓘ
respondent	Birmingham Board of Education ⓘ
statuteInterpreted	Title IX ⓘ surface form: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

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this entity surface form: Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education, 544 U.S. 167 (2005)