Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education

Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 30, 2004
Decided March 29, 2005
Full case nameRoderick Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education
Docket no.02-1672
Citations544 U.S. 167 (more)
125 S. Ct. 1497; 161 L. Ed. 2d 361
Case history
PriorJackson v. Birmingham Bd. of Educ., 309 F.3d 1333 (11th Cir. 2002); cert. granted, 542 U.S. 903 (2004).
SubsequentJackson v. Birmingham Bd. of Educ., 416 F.3d 1280 (11th Cir. 2005)
Holding
Retaliation against a person because that person has complained of sex discrimination is a form of intentional sex discrimination encompassed by Title IX's private right of action
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
MajorityO'Connor, joined by Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
DissentThomas, joined by Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy
Laws applied
Title IX, 20 U.S.C. § 1681(a).

Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education, 544 U.S. 167 (2005), is a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that retaliation against a person because that person has complained of sex discrimination is a form of intentional sex discrimination encompassed by Title IX.[1]

  1. ^ Jackson v. Birmingham Bd. of Ed., 544 U.S. 167 (2005).