Alexander v. Yale
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Alexander v. Yale, 631 F.2d 178 (2d Cir. 1980),[1] was the first use of Title IX[2] of the United States Education Amendments of 1972 in charges of sexual harassment against an educational institution.[3] It further established that sexual harassment of female students could be considered sex discrimination, and was thus illegal.
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Alexander v. Yale | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
Full case name | Ronni Alexander, Ann Olivarius, Pamela Price, Margery Reifler and Lisa Stone v. Yale University |
Argued | April 16, 1980 |
Decided | September 22, 1980 |
Citation(s) | 631 F.2d 178 |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Joseph Edward Lumbard, William Hughes Mulligan, Adrian A. Spears (W.D. Tex.) |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Lumbard, joined by a unanimous court |
Laws applied | |
Title IX, 20 U.S.C. § 1681, et seq. |
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