No. 20-1715

Denise Taylor-Travis v. Jackson State University

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-06-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: causation causation-standard civil-rights due-process jury-instructions privacy-rights public-records-act retaliation title-ix
Key Terms:
Arbitration SocialSecurity DueProcess EmploymentDiscrimina Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the jury instruction on the causation standard for a Title IX retaliation claim was erroneous

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1.The jury was told that for petitioner to prove her claim of retaliation, she must show she was terminated “solely as a consequence” of her protected activity under Title IX. Did this instruction which impermissibly supercedes the Court’s “because of” causation standard for this claim mislead the jury and deny petitioner a fair trial? 2. In deciding that the release of petitioner’s confidential personnel records in contravention of Mississippi’s Public Records Act did not violate her right of privacy, the court of appeals relied exclusively on the Restatement (Second) of Torts. Does this refusal to apply the Public Records Act, substantive state law providing a zone of privacy beyond the Restatement, deprive petitioner of the privacy rights to which she would otherwise be entitled in State court, subverting federalism and denying petitioner due process?

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-09
Waiver of right of respondent Jackson State University to respond filed.
2021-06-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 12, 2021)

Attorneys

DENISE TAYLOR-TRAVIS
Robert N. NorrisWatson & Norris, PLLC, Petitioner
Robert N. NorrisWatson & Norris, PLLC, Petitioner
JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY
LaToya Cheree MerrittPhelps Dunbar, LLP, Respondent
LaToya Cheree MerrittPhelps Dunbar, LLP, Respondent