Grove City College v. Bell

Grove City College v. Bell
Argued November 29, 1983
Decided February 28, 1984
Full case nameGrove City College, et al.
v.
Terrel Bell, Secretary of Education
Citations465 U.S. 555 (more)
104 S. Ct. 1211; 79 L. Ed. 2d 516; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 158
Case history
Prior687 F.2d 684 (3d Cir. 1982)
Holding
Title IX, which applies only to educational institutions that receive federal funds, could be applied to a private school that refused direct federal funding but for which a large number of students had received federally-funded scholarships.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
MajorityWhite, joined by a unanimous court (Parts I, II, IV, V); Burger, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist, O'Connor (Part III)
ConcurrencePowell, joined by Burger, O'Connor
ConcurrenceStevens
Concur/dissentBrennan, joined by Marshall
Abrogated by
Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, Pub. L. No. 100-259, 102 Stat. 28 (1988) (in part)

Grove City College v. Bell, 465 U.S. 555 (1984), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that Title IX, which applies only to colleges and universities that receive federal funds, could be applied to a private school that refused direct federal funding but for which a large number of students had received federally funded scholarships. The Court also held that the federal government could require a statutorily mandated "assurance of compliance" with Title IX even though no evidence had been presented to suggest that Grove City College had discriminated. However, the Court also held that the regulation would apply only to the institution's financial aid department, not to the school as a whole.