"Today's opinion is a victory for Mackenzie and for student survivors across the country,” said Alexandra Brodsky, a staff attorney at Public Justice in Washington D.C., who argued the case before the en banc court. "Gender violence has grave effects on students' access to education. For that reason, the civil rights law Title IX requires schools to address known abuse. And as the Ninth Circuit explained today, a school’s power to stop violence—and its responsibility to do so—doesn’t stop at the campus boundary."
September 26, 2023 at 05:04 PM
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A split U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, held Monday that universities and colleges may be held liable for harassment that occurred in off-campus student housing.
The 8-3 majority opinion from the appellate court reversed a February 2022 decision from a three-judge panel from the same court.
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