First Circuit· 10/5/2007

Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee

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504 F.3d 165
2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 23620
2007 WL 2914546

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noting that “[i]n hindsight, there may be other and better avenues that the [school] could have explored . . . [b]ut Title IX does not require . . . flawless investigations [or] perfect solutions”
noting that “[i]n hindsight, there may be other and better avenues that the [school] could have explored . . . [b]ut Title IX does not require . . . flawless investigations [or] 25 perfect solutions”
noting that the standard in Davis \sweeps more situations\ than simple but-for causation and reasoning that a complaint \theoretically could form a basis for Title IX liability\ where \post-notice interactions between the victim and the harasser have been alleged\
“[C]ourts have no roving writ to second-guess an educational institution’s choices from within a universe of plausible investigative procedures.”
The deliberate-indifference standard “does not require an educational institution either to assuage a victim’s parents or to acquiesce in their demands.”
The deliberate-indifference standard “does not require an educational institution either to assuage a victim’s parents or to acquiesce in their demands.”

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Judges: Howard, Selya, Dyk

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