Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District

Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 25, 1998 Decided June 22, 1998
Full case name	Gebser v. Lago Independent School District
Argument	Oral argument
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority	O'Connor, joined by Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas
Dissent	Stevens, joined by Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
Dissent	Ginsburg, joined by Stevens, Souter, Breyer
Laws applied
Title IX, Rev. Stat. §1979, 42 U.S.C. § 1983

Gebser v. Lago Vista 524 U.S. 274 (1998) is a United States Supreme Court ruling regarding sexual harassment in schools. The case was heard before the Rehnquist Court on March 25, 1998, and decided on June 22, 1998.^[1] In a 5-4 ruling, the Court held that a school district may be liable for a teacher's sexual harassment of a student, but in order for an aggrieved party to recover damages under Title IX, a school official who had authority to address the alleged discrimination must have actual knowledge of the discrimination and must be deliberately indifferent.^[2]