Fifth Circuit Judges Vote 9-7 Against Reconsidering Ruling That Sided with Fort Bend ISD Employees in Student-on-Student Sexual Assault Lawsuit

Ruling: A decision by a three-judge U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel that school officials in Texas and two other states can’t be successfully sued over certain claims arising from student-on-student assaults and/or harassment won’t be reconsidered by the full Fifth Circuit. Denise Fisher, v. Jodi M. Moore, et al., No. 21-20553, Issued July 14 by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. (Ordered “published”)