United States Eighth Circuit

In an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, alleging that the former principal of a high school failed to prevent plaintiffs' minor child from engaging in a sexual relationship with her basketball coach, the denial of summary judgment to defendants is reversed where defendant's reasonable investigation of the information that came to her attention uncovered no evidence to substantiate the suspicions, and given the stringent standard for supervisory liability in this context, no reasonable jury could find actual notice on those alleged facts.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/19/2010
• Published 10/19/2010

Judges

• James B. Colloton

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel