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Cannon v. University of Chicago | |
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Argued January 9, 1979 Decided May 14, 1979 | |
Full case name | Geraldine G. Cannon v. University of Chicago, et al. |
Citations | 441 U.S. 677 (more) |
Case history | |
Prior | 406 F. Supp. 1257 (N.D. Ill.), aff'd, 559 F.2d 1063 (7th Cir. 1976), cert. granted, 438 U.S. 914 (1978) |
Subsequent | On remand to 605 F.2d 560 (7th Cir. 1979), appeal after remand, 648 F.2d 1104 (7th Cir.), mandamus denied sub nom., In re Cannon, 454 U.S. 811, cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1128 (1981), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1013 (1983). |
Holding | |
Title IX of the Higher Education Act contains an implied private cause of action. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Stevens, joined by Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Rehnquist |
Concurrence | Burger |
Concurrence | Rehnquist, joined by Stewart |
Dissent | White, joined by Blackmun |
Dissent | Powell |
Laws applied | |
20 U.S.C. §§ 1681–1683 |
Cannon v. University of Chicago, 441 U.S. 677 (1979), was a United States Supreme Court case which interpreted Congressional silence in the face of earlier interpretations of similar laws to determine that Title IX of the Higher Education Act provides an implied cause of action.[1]
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