| 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),[1] was the first use of Title IX[2] of the United States Education Amendments of 1972 in charges of sexual harassment against an educational institution.[3] It further established that sexual harassment of female students could be considered sex discrimination, and was thus illegal.