Gonzaga University v. Doe

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Gonzaga University v. Doe
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 24, 2002 Decided June 20, 2002
Full case name: Gonzaga University and Roberta S. League, Petitioners v. John Doe Citations: 536 U.S. 273; 122 S. Ct. 2268; 153 L. Ed. 2d 309; 2002 U.S. LEXIS 4649; 70 U.S.L.W. 4577; 2002 Cal. Daily Op. Service 5458; 2002 Daily Journal DAR 6859; 15 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 436 Prior history: On writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Washington. Doe v. Gonzaga Univ., 143 Wn.2d 687, 24 P.3d 390, 2001 Wash. LEXIS 381 (2001)
Holding
Court membership
Chief Justice: William Rehnquist Associate Justices: John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority by: Rehnquist Joined by: O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas Concurrence by: Breyer Joined by: Souter Dissent by: Stevens Joined by: Ginsburg
Laws applied
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. § 1983

Gonzaga University v. Doe, 536 U.S. 273 (2002)^[1], was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, which prohibits the federal government from funding educational institutions that release education records to unauthorized persons, does not create a right which is enforceable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

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1. ^ 536 U.S. 273 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.