Varah v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• "The compulsory nature of public school attendance is not lessened by the fact that a few fortunate students have the option to attend private school or be educated at home."
• school had no obligation under the Due Process Clause to protect students from sexual assault by other students that occurred on school property and during school hours
• no special relationship based upon a restraint of liberty exists between high school officials and school children which would have created a duty for section 1983 purposes
• sixteen and seventeen year old high school students attending vocational-technical school molested by classmates