Alexander v. Yale
| Alexander v. Yale | |
|---|---|
| Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
| Full case name | Ronni Alexander, Ann Olivarius, Pamela Price, Margery Reifler and Lisa Stone v. Yale University |
| Argued | April 16, 1980 |
| Decided | September 22, 1980 |
| Citation | 631 F.2d 178 |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Joseph Edward Lumbard, William Hughes Mulligan, Adrian A. Spears (W.D. Tex.) |
| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Lumbard, joined by a unanimous court |
| Laws applied | |
| Title IX, 20 U.S.C. § 1681, et seq. | |
Alexander v. Yale, 631 F.2d 178 (2d Cir. 1980), was the first use of Title IX of the United States Education Amendments of 1972 in charges of sexual harassment against an educational institution. It further established that sexual harassment of female students could be considered sex discrimination, and was thus illegal.