Supreme Court to Hear Case that Could Limit Sex-Bias Claims against Colleges

Autor/in	Kelderman, Eric
Titel	Supreme Court to Hear Case that Could Limit Sex-Bias Claims against Colleges
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 55 (2008) 7, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Court Litigation; Gender Discrimination; Sexual Harassment; Higher Education; Federal Legislation; Constitutional Law; Equal Protection; Elementary Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rechtsstreit; Sexuelle Belästigung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bundesrecht; Staatsrecht; Gleichstellungspolitik; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule
Abstract	This article reports that the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in December in a case that could make it more difficult for plaintiffs to win sexual-discrimination or sexual-harassment lawsuits against colleges and other educational institutions. The justices will decide whether to uphold a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in "Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee," that could limit the scope of such lawsuits. Some professors worry that placing limits on the laws under which individuals can bring allegations of discrimination could hamper efforts to make campus environments harassment-free. Groups representing institutions argue that plaintiffs' lawyers in the case are seeking unnecessarily broad legal protections. The case is expected to have the most-direct ramifications for higher education of any on the Supreme Court's docket this year. If the justices uphold the appeals-court decision, then lawsuits filed under Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits sex discrimination at institutions that receive federal funds, could not also include claims of civil-rights violations under a Civil War-era federal law, Section 1983, that enforces the equal-protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10