Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education

E108703

Title IX case United States Supreme Court case

Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education is a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that schools receiving federal funds can be liable under Title IX for student-on-student sexual harassment when they are deliberately indifferent to known acts of harassment that are severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education canonical	3
Aurelia Davis, as next friend of LaShonda D. v. Monroe County Board of Education, et al.	1
Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, 526 U.S. 629 (1999)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T913284 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education
Context triple: [Title IX, notableCase, Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education]

A. Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education
Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education was an 1899 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld racial segregation in public education by allowing a Georgia county to close a Black high school while maintaining white schools, reinforcing the “separate but equal” doctrine later challenged in Brown v. Board of Education.
B. Plyler v. Doe
Plyler v. Doe is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held states cannot deny free public education to children based on their immigration status, recognizing such exclusion as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
C. Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that held student-led, student-initiated prayer at public school football games unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause.
D. Doe v. Bolton
Doe v. Bolton is a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Roe v. Wade, expanded and defined the scope of abortion rights by striking down restrictive state regulations.
E. Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 is a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited the use of race in public school student assignment plans under the Equal Protection Clause.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education
Target entity description: Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education is a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that schools receiving federal funds can be liable under Title IX for student-on-student sexual harassment when they are deliberately indifferent to known acts of harassment that are severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive.

A. Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education
Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education was an 1899 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld racial segregation in public education by allowing a Georgia county to close a Black high school while maintaining white schools, reinforcing the “separate but equal” doctrine later challenged in Brown v. Board of Education.
B. Plyler v. Doe
Plyler v. Doe is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held states cannot deny free public education to children based on their immigration status, recognizing such exclusion as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
C. Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that held student-led, student-initiated prayer at public school football games unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause.
D. Doe v. Bolton
Doe v. Bolton is a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Roe v. Wade, expanded and defined the scope of abortion rights by striking down restrictive state regulations.
E. Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 is a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited the use of race in public school student assignment plans under the Equal Protection Clause.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Title IX case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
appliesTo	schools receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ
areaOfLaw	anti-discrimination law ⓘ federal education funding conditions ⓘ
arguedDate	1998-11-02 ⓘ
citation	119 S. Ct. 1661 ⓘ 143 L. Ed. 2d 839 ⓘ 526 U.S. 629 ⓘ
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decidedDate	1999-05-24 ⓘ
decisionDate	1999-05-24 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy	Justice Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ linked to: Anthony M. Kennedy Justice Antonin Scalia ⓘ linked to: Antonin Scalia Justice Clarence Thomas ⓘ linked to: Clarence Thomas Justice William H. Rehnquist ⓘ linked to: William H. Rehnquist
docketNumber	97-843 ⓘ
fullCaseName	Aurelia Davis, as next friend of LaShonda D. v. Monroe County Board of Education, et al. ⓘ linked to: Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education
holding	A recipient of federal education funds may be liable under Title IX for student-on-student sexual harassment ⓘ Liability under Title IX requires that the funding recipient act with deliberate indifference to known acts of harassment ⓘ The harassment must be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively bars the victim's access to an educational opportunity or benefit ⓘ
joinedByInMajority	Justice David H. Souter ⓘ linked to: David H. Souter Justice John Paul Stevens ⓘ linked to: John Paul Stevens Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ linked to: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Justice Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ linked to: Stephen G. Breyer
jurisdiction	United States federal law ⓘ
jurisprudentialImpact	clarified scope of institutional liability for peer harassment under Title IX ⓘ
legalIssue	Title IX liability for student-on-student sexual harassment ⓘ
lowerCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ⓘ
lowerCourtDisposition	affirmed in part and reversed in part ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Justice Sandra Day O'Connor ⓘ linked to: Sandra Day O’Connor
originatingState	Georgia ⓘ
petitioner	Aurelia Davis ⓘ
plaintiffAllegation	school officials were deliberately indifferent to known student-on-student sexual harassment ⓘ
precedentFor	Title IX peer sexual harassment claims ⓘ linked to: Title IX
relatedTo	Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools ⓘ Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District ⓘ
remedyDiscussed	monetary damages under Title IX ⓘ
requires	actual knowledge of harassment by an appropriate school official ⓘ control over the harasser and the context in which the harassment occurs by the funding recipient ⓘ
respondent	Monroe County Board of Education ⓘ
standardAnnounced	deliberate indifference standard for peer harassment under Title IX ⓘ
statuteInterpreted	Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ⓘ linked to: Title IX
statutoryCitation	20 U.S.C. § 1681 ⓘ
subjectMatter	civil rights law ⓘ education law ⓘ sexual harassment in schools ⓘ
term	October Term 1998 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Title IX → notableCase → Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education ⓘ

Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools → precedentFor → Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education ⓘ

Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District → relatedTo → Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education ⓘ

Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District → subsequentCitationIn → Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, 526 U.S. 629 (1999) ⓘ

linked to: Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education

Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education → fullCaseName → Aurelia Davis, as next friend of LaShonda D. v. Monroe County Board of Education, et al. ⓘ