Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District
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Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District is a 1998 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited school district liability for teacher-student sexual harassment under Title IX to situations where officials had actual notice and responded with deliberate indifference.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T913283 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District Context triple: [Title IX, notableCase, Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District]
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A.
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that held student-led, student-initiated prayer at public school football games unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause.
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B.
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez is a landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that education is not a fundamental right under the Constitution, upholding school funding systems based on local property taxes.
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C.
Plyler v. Doe
Plyler v. Doe is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held states cannot deny free public education to children based on their immigration status, recognizing such exclusion as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
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D.
Van Orden v. Perry
Van Orden v. Perry is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument on Texas State Capitol grounds against an Establishment Clause challenge.
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E.
Gebhart v. Belton
Gebhart v. Belton was a landmark Delaware school segregation case whose rulings in favor of Black students became one of the four consolidated cases decided in Brown v. Board of Education, contributing to the Supreme Court’s rejection of “separate but equal” in public education.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District Target entity description: Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District is a 1998 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited school district liability for teacher-student sexual harassment under Title IX to situations where officials had actual notice and responded with deliberate indifference.
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A.
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that held student-led, student-initiated prayer at public school football games unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause.
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B.
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez is a landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that education is not a fundamental right under the Constitution, upholding school funding systems based on local property taxes.
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C.
Plyler v. Doe
Plyler v. Doe is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held states cannot deny free public education to children based on their immigration status, recognizing such exclusion as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
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D.
Van Orden v. Perry
Van Orden v. Perry is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument on Texas State Capitol grounds against an Establishment Clause challenge.
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E.
Gebhart v. Belton
Gebhart v. Belton was a landmark Delaware school segregation case whose rulings in favor of Black students became one of the four consolidated cases decided in Brown v. Board of Education, contributing to the Supreme Court’s rejection of “separate but equal” in public education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Title IX case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ sexual harassment case ⓘ |
| appliesTo | recipients of federal education funds ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
anti-discrimination law
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civil rights law ⓘ education law ⓘ |
| citation | 524 U.S. 274 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1998-06-22 ⓘ |
| decisionType | 5–4 decision ⓘ |
| defendant | Lago Vista Independent School District ⓘ |
| dissentingJustice |
David H. Souter
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John Paul Stevens ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 96-1866 ⓘ |
| effect | narrowed school district exposure to monetary damages under Title IX ⓘ |
| holding | A school district is liable for damages under Title IX for teacher-student sexual harassment only when an official with authority to address the alleged discrimination has actual notice and responds with deliberate indifference. ⓘ |
| languageOfDecision | English ⓘ |
| legalPrinciple |
Liability under Title IX is conditioned on the recipient’s own misconduct, not vicarious liability.
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Title IX ⓘ
surface form:
Title IX is enforced through an implied private right of action for damages.
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| legalSubject |
Title IX
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surface form:
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
federal funding conditions ⓘ teacher-student sexual harassment ⓘ |
| limitsLiabilityOf | school districts ⓘ |
| majorityJustices |
Anthony M. Kennedy
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Antonin Scalia ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ |
| originatingJurisdiction | Texas ⓘ |
| plaintiff | Alida Star Gebser ⓘ |
| rejectedTheory |
constructive notice standard for Title IX damages
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respondeat superior liability under Title IX ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education
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Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools ⓘ |
| requires |
a response amounting to deliberate indifference
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knowledge by an official with authority to institute corrective measures ⓘ |
| standardEstablished |
actual notice
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deliberate indifference ⓘ |
| statuteInterpreted | 20 U.S.C. § 1681 ⓘ |
| subsequentCitationIn |
Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education
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surface form:
Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, 526 U.S. 629 (1999)
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| topic | institutional liability for sexual harassment in schools ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District Description of subject: Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District is a 1998 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited school district liability for teacher-student sexual harassment under Title IX to situations where officials had actual notice and responded with deliberate indifference.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools
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Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education
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