The Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund
Education
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Concerned the trial court's decision to exclude football from its consideration of a Title IX case regarding the amount of money spent on men's and women's sports.
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Determined whether a person who is retaliated against for complaining of sex discrimination in federally funded education programs may bring a lawsuit for damages under Title IX, the federal law banning sex discrimination in education.
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Determined the right to sue schools for peer-to-peer sexual harassment under Title IX and § 1983.
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Determined the right to sue a university for expulsion in retaliation for complaining of sexual harassment under Title IX.
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Whether Congress intended for Title IX, the law prohibiting sex discrimination in schools that receive federal funds, to be a private right of action.
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Determined whether the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause prohibits a state from excluding men from a public nursing college.
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The plaintiff alleged that she was sexually assaulted by a junior high school teacher for approximately two years. She sued her school under Title IX and various school officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for due process violations.
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Determined the right of a homosexual student to sue for peer-to-peer sexual harassment under §1983 and the 14th Amendment.
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Determined whether Title IX covers athletic associations that do not directly receive federal funding, but exercise significant control over federally funded school athletic programs.
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Addressed a challenge to the three-part participation test for compliance with Title IX promulgated by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.
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Determined whether the NCAA is covered by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Determined whether a state athletic association acts “under color of” state law, 42 U.S.C. §1983, and is therefore subject to constitutional scrutiny.