Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Chicago Cable Communications v. Chicago Cable Commission

Chi. Cable Commc’ns v. Chi. Cable Comm’n, 107 L. Ed. 2d 835 (1990)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1990-01-16
Topic
general

holding that a school district can be liable under section 1983 for the sexual abuse of a student by a teacher | identifying the “right to freedom from invasion of ... personal security through sexual abuse” in a school setting | denying qualified immunity to school principal and assistant principal who allegedly failed to make adequate inquiry into sexual abuse of student by teacher | linchpin of due process claim for custom, practice or policy theory is an underlying constitutional violation by state actors | student who was sexually assaulted by her teacher had a well-established constitutional right “to freedom from invasion of her personal security through sexual abuse.” | After DeShaney, "we can no longer rely on the statutory and common law duties imposed in Pennsylvania on school officials as the basis of a duty to protect students from harm occurring as the result of a third person." | After DeShaney, "we can no longer rely on the statutory and common law duties imposed in Pennsylvania on school officials as the basis of a duty to protect students from harm occurring as the result of a third person."

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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.