In this Title IX sexual harassment case, Public Justice successfully opposed a cert petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the matter. During middle school in Texas, “Jane Roe” started dating a classmate, “John Doe,” who physically and emotionally abused her. During their freshman year at a high school in the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School…
Public Justice filed an amicus brief in this First Circuit appeal in support of the Plaintiff, Adrianna Wadsworth, who was sexually harassed as a high school student by her principal. Beginning in 2016, Medomak Valley High School principal Andrew Cavanaugh groomed and sexually harassed student Adrianna Wadsworth. At the time, Adrianna was a vulnerable teenager…
“John Doe,” an asylum-seeker attending elementary school within the School District of Philadelphia, was harassed by classmates based on his perceived sexual orientation and national origin. His mother, Leslie Hernández, encouraged John to ask his principal for help. Rather than provide support to stop the harassment and protect John’s education, the principal threatened to call…
What’s at Stake Michigan students’ right to learn free from harassment Summary Jane Doe attended Alpena Public Schools in Michigan. In fourth grade, a classmate sexually harassed her repeatedly. Her school did not stop the harassment. Jane sued her school in state court under Michigan’s anti-discrimination law. The case poses two legal questions: when a school…
Schools that accept special tax benefits should not be allowed to discriminate against their students. Public Justice filed an amicus brief asking the Fourth Circuit to affirm that federal civil rights laws like Title IX apply to schools that receive § 501(c)(3) tax breaks. Five female students experienced sexual assault or verbal sexual harassment while…
Zara Moss was a four-time All-American athlete on Penn State’s Division I fencing team, and a former Olympic prospect But she was forced to give up the sport she loved. Why? Because for years, Penn State ignored gender-based harassment and abuse by its head fencing coach, Wieslaw Glon. Zara sued Penn State and Glon in…
Public Justice filed two amicus briefs in support of the Appellant in Doe v. University of Kentucky, a rape case involving the scope of Title IX’s prohibitions on harassment and retaliation. In 2014, plaintiff Jane Doe was enrolled in a program at a community college that partners with the University of Kentucky. Three weeks into…
This case challenges Harvard University’s decade-long failure to protect students from sexual harassment and career-ending retaliation by Professor John Comaroff, one of the most world’s most renowned and powerful scholars in the field of anthropology. The complaint alleges that Harvard hired Professor Comaroff despite warnings that he sexually harassed students at the University of Chicago,…
In this case, the Seventh Circuit held that a student-survivor’s resilience will not shield a university from civil rights liability for mishandling a report of sexual assault. While a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Isabelle Arana was sexually assaulted by a star member of the University’s football team. The University, through its own disciplinary…