The Supreme Court first addressed peer sexual harassment in education in the 1999 case of Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, 526 U.S. 629 (1999), ruling that schools may be liable if they are deliberately indifferent to peer sexual harassment.
Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools, 503 U.S. 60 (1992)
The Supreme Court ruled in Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools, 503 U.S. 60 (1992) that students may bring a private action against federally-funded schools for sexual harassment under Title IX.
The Supreme Court Speaks: Meritor Saving Bank, FSB v. Vinson, 477 U.S. 57 (1986)
In the first Supreme Court on sexual harassment, the Justices ruled in Meritor Saving Bank, FBS v. Vinson, 477 U.S. 57 (1986) that Title VII prohibits both quid pro quo and hostile environment sexual harassment.
Michelle Vinson speaks to the Denver Post in 2017.