Jamie S. Nabozny v. Mary Podlesny, William Davis, Thomas Blauert

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• holding that defendants were not entitled to qualified immunity on a claim of gender discrimination even though there were no cases directly on point because the Supreme Court in 1971 had established that the Equal Protection (continued...
• explaining that plaintiff must show defendants acted with “nefarious discriminatory purpose” and discriminated against him based on “membership in a definable class” — either intentionally or with deliberate indifference
• reversing summary judgment on equal protection claim; school officials ignored male plaintiffs complaints of harassment but acted on female students’ harassment complaints
• finding district court erred in granting summary judgment on grounds and facts not offered by moving party
• explaining a plaintiff must show the defendants acted either intentionally or with deliberate indifference in order to establish nefarious discriminatory purpose
• agreeing in principle that school defendants could be liable under due process theory to gay student who was bullied by other students, if defendants created a risk of harm or exacerbated an existing one

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