· 1/2/2004
Jane Doe A. v. Green
Citations
- 298 F. Supp. 2d 1025
- 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 197
- 2004 WL 51004
How courts have described this case
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- finding that liability could be based on “actual knowledge of a substantial risk of abuse to students based on prior complaints by other students”
- stating a Title IX claim against the principal, 5 assistant principal, and athletic director because they “had authority to address the alleged 6 discrimination”
- “If an institution takes 4 timely and reasonable measures to end the harassment, it is not liable under Title IX for prior 5 harassment.”
- “[A] complaint of harassment need not be undisputed or [ ] corroborated before it can be considered to fairly alert the school district of the potential for sexual harassment.”
- defendant may be held liable if “a supervisory school official knows, or it should be obvious to him or her, that a school employee is a substantial risk to sexually abuse children”
- “Clearly, prior complaints made by the same student . . . provide[] actual notice, even if the conduct complained of was not identical to the conduct with the plaintiff alleges should have been remedied.”
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Judges: Hicks
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