October 10, 2008
Supreme Court to Hear Case That Could Limit Sex-Bias Claims Against Colleges
The U.S. Supreme Court, which begins a new term this week, is scheduled to hear arguments in December in a case that could make it more difficult for plaintiffs to win sexual-discrimination or sexual-harassment lawsuits against colleges and other educational institutions.
The justices will decide whether to uphold a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee, that could limit the scope of such lawsuits. Some professors
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