Fifth Circuit Affirms Ruling that Cheerleader Failed to Show ‘Harm She Suffered’ in Title IX Case

The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the ruling of a district court, finding that a plaintiff “failed to plead either a Title IX or a constitutional cause of action” in a lawsuit against her school district. This is “because although she contended that the school district funded boys' and girls' sports differently, she failed to tie the allegedly inequitable funding to the harm she suffered at cheerleading practice in anything other than a speculative and conclusory manner.