Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee

Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 2, 2008 Decided January 21, 2009
Full case name	Fitzgerald et vir v. Barnstable School Committee et al.
Docket no.	07-1125
Citations	555 U.S. 246 (more) 129 S. Ct. 788; 172 L. Ed. 2d 582; 2009 U.S. LEXIS 592
Case history
Prior	Hunter v. Barnstable Sch. Comm., 456 F. Supp. 2d 255 (D. Mass. 2006); affirmed sub. nom., Fitzgerald v. Barnstable Sch. Comm., 504 F.3d 165 (1st Cir. 2007); cert. granted, 553 U.S. 1093 (2008).
Holding
Title IX does not preclude a §1983 action alleging unconstitutional gender discrimination in schools.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · David Souter Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Case opinion
Majority	Alito, joined by unanimous

Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee, 555 U.S. 246 (2009), is a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that parents could sue a school committee under grounds of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.^[1]