United States Fourth Circuit

In a suit by a college athlete alleging sexual harassment by her coach, summary judgment for defendants is reversed on plaintiff's Title IX and 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims where plaintiff presented sufficient evidence to raise triable questions of fact on all disputed elements of her Title IX claim against the university and section 1983 claims against the coach and his supervisor. Summary judgment for all other defendants and on all other claims is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/25/2006
• Decided 04/09/2007
• Published 04/09/2007

Judges

• Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, and NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, MICHAEL, MOTZ, TRAXLER, KING, GREGORY, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Daniel Francis Konicek, Konicek & Dillon, P.C., Geneva, Illinois, for Appellant.  Thomas J. Ziko, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Jeffrey T. Mitchell, Konicek & Dillon, P.C., Geneva, Illinois, for Appellant.  Joyce S. Rutledge, Assistant Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees;  Douglas E. Kingsbery, Tharrington Smith, L.L.P., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee Anson Dorrance, individually and as women's soccer coach at UNC.