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· 8/12/2015

James Hill v. Madison County School Board

Citations

  • 797 F.3d 948
  • 2015 WL 4747048

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a teacher’s aide was not an “appropriate person” for purposes of Title IX
  • explaining that officials are not entitled to state-agent immunity under Alabama law if they acted willfully, maliciously, or in bad faith
  • holding teacher’s aide was not an “appropriate person” when no evidence in the record suggested she had “the authority to discipline students for sexual harassment”
  • “Title IX is enforceable against institutions and programs that receive federal funds, but does not authorize suits against individuals.”
  • “The standard for student-on-student sexual harassment claims is far more rigorous than a claim for teacher-on-student harassment.”
  • “A clearly unreasonable response causes students to undergo harassment or makes them more vulnerable to it.”

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Judges: Hull, Black, Antoon

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