Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools

Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 11, 1991 Decided February 26, 1992
Full case name	Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools et al.
Citations	503 U.S. 60 (more) 112 S. Ct. 1028; 117 L. Ed. 2d 208
Argument	Oral argument
Decision	Opinion
Case history
Prior	Dismissal affirmed, 911 F.2d 617 (11th Cir. 1990); cert. granted, 501 U.S. 1204 (1991).
Subsequent	Remanded, 969 F.2d 1022 (11th Cir. 1992).
Holding
A damages remedy is available for an action brought to enforce Title IX.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Byron White · Harry Blackmun John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Case opinions
Majority	White, joined by Blackmun, Stevens, O’Connor, Kennedy, Souter
Concurrence	Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, Thomas
Laws applied
Title IX

Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools, 503 U.S. 60 (1992), is a United States Supreme Court Case in which the Court decided, in a unanimous vote, that monetary relief is available under Title IX of the Federal Education Amendments of 1972.^[1]