United States Fourth Circuit

A principal's deliberate indifference to the likelihood that a teacher is molesting a student does not result in liability to the school district without evidence that the principal was in fact aware that a student was being abused.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/06/2001
• Decided 09/26/2001
• Published 09/26/2001

Judges

• Before WILKINS and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and KEELEY, Chief United States District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  William T. Bennett, Burch & Cronauer, P.C., Washington, DC, for Appellants. Stephen C. Glassman, Glassman & Bullock, Vienna, VA;  Francis Joseph Prior, Jr., Siciliano, Ellis, Dyer & Boccarosse, Fairfax, VA, for Appellees. ON BRIEF:  Larry N. Burch, Tobi Burch-Rates, Burch & Burch-Rates, L.L.C., Greenbelt, MD, for Appellee Baynard.   William J. Carter, Thomas L. McCally, Tina M. Maiolo, Carr Goodson, P.C., Washington, DC, for Appellee Masem.