Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District

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Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District is a 1998 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited school district liability for teacher-student sexual harassment under Title IX to situations where officials had actual notice and responded with deliberate indifference.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Title IX case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
sexual harassment case ⓘ
appliesTo recipients of federal education funds ⓘ
areaOfLaw anti-discrimination law ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ
education law ⓘ
citation 524 U.S. 274 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1998-06-22 ⓘ
decisionType 5–4 decision ⓘ
defendant Lago Vista Independent School District ⓘ
dissentingJustice David H. Souter ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
docketNumber 96-1866 ⓘ
effect narrowed school district exposure to monetary damages under Title IX ⓘ
holding A school district is liable for damages under Title IX for teacher-student sexual harassment only when an official with authority to address the alleged discrimination has actual notice and responds with deliberate indifference. ⓘ
languageOfDecision English ⓘ
legalPrinciple Liability under Title IX is conditioned on the recipient’s own misconduct, not vicarious liability. ⓘ
Title IX is enforced through an implied private right of action for damages. ⓘ
linked to: Title IX
legalSubject Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ⓘ
linked to: Title IX

federal funding conditions ⓘ
teacher-student sexual harassment ⓘ
limitsLiabilityOf school districts ⓘ
majorityJustices Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
originatingJurisdiction Texas ⓘ
plaintiff Alida Star Gebser ⓘ
rejectedTheory constructive notice standard for Title IX damages ⓘ
respondeat superior liability under Title IX ⓘ
relatedTo Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education ⓘ
Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools ⓘ
requires a response amounting to deliberate indifference ⓘ
knowledge by an official with authority to institute corrective measures ⓘ
standardEstablished actual notice ⓘ
deliberate indifference ⓘ
statuteInterpreted 20 U.S.C. § 1681 ⓘ
subsequentCitationIn Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, 526 U.S. 629 (1999) ⓘ
topic institutional liability for sexual harassment in schools ⓘ

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Title IX → notableCase → Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District ⓘ
Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools → precedentFor → Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District ⓘ
Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education → relatedTo → Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District ⓘ
Alida Star Gebser → notableFor → Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District ⓘ
Alida Star Gebser → caseCitation → Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School Dist., 524 U.S. 274 (1998) ⓘ
linked to: Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District
Lago Vista Independent School District → legalCase → Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District ⓘ