· 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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