On May 18, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a petition for certiorari in a case from the Eleventh Circuit to clarify the scope of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). Specifically, the Court may opine on whether Title IX allows employees of federally funded educational institutions to bring sex discrimination or retaliation claims against their employers.
Crowther v. Board of Regents of the University Sys. of Georgia originated as two separate cases before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals consolidated them. In one case, Thomas Crowther, a former Augusta University art professor, filed a Title IX claim alleging employment discrimination after the university suspended him and declined to renew his contract based on accusations that he sexually harassed students. The district court denied the Board’s motion to dismiss the complaint, and the Board sought an interlocutory appeal to the Eleventh Circuit.
MaChelle Joseph, a former women’s basketball coach at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) brought the second case. Georgia Tech terminated Joseph’s employment after an internal investigation revealed that she mistreated players. Joseph filed a lawsuit alleging sex-based discrimination under Title IX, among other statutes. The district court dismissed Joseph’s Title IX claims on the basis that Title VII claims precluded them, and Joseph appealed.
The Eleventh Circuit consolidated the two actions, and in a November 2024 decision authored by...
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