1998/99 U.S. Supreme Court Decisions

Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District

On June 28, 1998, in Gebser V. Lago Vista Independent Schools Districts, the Court decided that a school could be held liable under Title IX for a teacher's sexual relationship with an eighth-grade student if a responsible school official (one with authority to take corrective action) had actual knowledge of the harassment and the school's response to that knowledge amounted to deliberate indifference to the teacher's misconduct.

Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education

In its May 24,1999, opinion in Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, the Court held that a school can be liable for monetary damages in cases of student-on-student harassment if all of the following conditions are met: