Grove City College v. Bell

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Grove City College v. Bell

Argued November 29, 1983
Decided February 28, 1984

Full case name:	Grove City College, et al. v. Terrel Bell, Secretary of Education

Citations:	465 U.S. 555

Holding

Title IX, which only applies to colleges and universities that receive federal funds, could be applied to a private school that refused direct federal funding, but where a large number of students had received federally funded scholarships.

Court membership

Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices: William J. Brennan, Jr., Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor

Case opinions

Majority by: White
Joined by: Burger, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist, O'Connor
Concurrence by: Stevens
Concurrence by: Brennan
Joined by: Marshall

Grove City College v. Bell, 465 U.S. 555 (1984), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that Title IX, which only applies to colleges and universities that receive federal funds, could be applied to a private school that refused direct federal funding, but where a large number of students had received federally funded scholarships. The Court also held that the federal government could require a statutorily mandated "assurance of compliance" with Title IX, even though no evidence had been presented to suggest that the Grove City College discriminated in any way. However, the Court also held that the regulation would only apply to the institution's financial aid department, not to the school as a whole.