· 2/20/1941
Covell v. Waterford Irrigation District
Citations
- 117 F.2d 1011
- 1941 U.S. App. LEXIS 4408
How courts have described this case
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- holding that “only deliberate indifference to such [racial] harassment can be viewed as [intentional] discrimination by school officials themselves”
- holding that “only deliberate indifference to such [racial] harassment can be viewed as [intentional] discrimination by school officials themselves”
- finding there was sufficient evidence that school officials acted unreasonably by not conducting a full investigation into a racial harassment incident
- “Of course, a showing that the defendant ‘should have known’ can, in some circumstances, create an inference—at least sufficient to raise a genuine issue—that the defendant did know.”
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