No. 20-10

Emily Kollaritsch, et al. v. Michigan State University Board of Trustees, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process federal-funding sexual-harassment student-harassment student-liability title-ix
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Latest Conference: 2020-10-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Davis's 'vulnerability' prong requires plaintiffs to prove additional, post-notice sexual harassment to state a claim for damages under Title IX

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED In Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, 526 US. 629, 633 (1999), this Court held that recipients of federal education funding may be held liable in damages under Title IX for their deliberate indifference to student-on-student sexual harassment. In accordance with the plain language of Title IX, Davis clarified that “fijf a funding recipient does not engage in harassment directly, it may not be liable for damages unless its deliberate indifference ‘subjects’ its students to harassment”—i.e., “cause[s them] to undergo’ harassment or ‘make[s] them liable or vulnerable’ to it.” Id. at 644645 (citations omitted and original alterations adopted). The question presented is: Whether, as the Sixth and Eighth Circuits hold, in disagreement with the First, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits, Davis’s “vulnerability” prong requires plaintiffs to prove additional, post-notice sexual harassment in order to state a claim for damages under Title IX.

Docket Entries

2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-22
Reply of petitioners Emily Kollaritsch, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2020-09-09
Brief of respondent Michigan State University Board of Trustees in opposition filed.
2020-08-10
Brief amici curiae of Public Justice, P.C., et al. filed.
2020-08-10
Brief amicus curiae of National Center for Victims of Crime filed.
2020-07-28
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Emily Kollaritsch, et al.
2020-07-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 9, 2020.
2020-07-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 10, 2020 to September 9, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-07-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 10, 2020)

Attorneys

Emily Kollaritsch, et al.
Daniel Roy OrtizUniversity of Virginia School of Law Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Petitioner
Daniel Roy OrtizUniversity of Virginia School of Law Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Petitioner
Michigan State University Board of Trustees
Michael E. BaughmanTroutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, Respondent
Michael E. BaughmanTroutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, Respondent
National Center for Victims of Crime
Rebecca J. RoeSchroeter, Goldmark, Bender Law, Amicus
Rebecca J. RoeSchroeter, Goldmark, Bender Law, Amicus
Public Justice, The California Women’s Law Center, Equal Rights Advocates, Know Your Ix, And The Women’s Law Project
Seanna Rose BrownBaker Hostetler LLP, Amicus
Seanna Rose BrownBaker Hostetler LLP, Amicus