A school system was rightly directed to pay $1 million in damages for failing to take measures to stop persistent racist bullying and attacks on a black student that lasted more than three years, a federal appeals court has ruled.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a $1 million award under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in favor of Anthony Zeno, who endured assaults, racist taunting and threats that a jury found should have been squarely addressed by officials at Pine Plains Central School District in New York.
