GROSS v. WEBER

No. 98-2394.

186 F.3d 1089 (1999)

Betty Ann GROSS, formerly known as Betty Ann Owen, Appellant, v. Robert R. WEBER; Sisseton School District No. 54-9, of Roberts County, South Dakota, a public corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Joseph Langley, Sioux Falls, SD, argued (Richard L. Johnson, on the brief), for Appellant.

Thomas H. Harmon, Pierre, SD, argued (Richard L. Johnson, Richard P. Tieszen, Thomas H. Harmon and Karla L. Engle, Pierre, SD, David R. Gienapp, Madison, SD, on the brief), for Appellees.

Before BEAM and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and GOLDBERG, Judge of the United States Court of International Trade.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Betty Ann Gross (Gross) appeals the district court's2 dismissal of the Sisseton School District (the School District) as a party in her action under Title IX, 20 U.S.C. § 1681, and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), 42 U.S.C. § 13981. The district court found that Gross failed to state a claim based on events completed prior to the passage of the laws, because neither law applies retroactively. Gross...

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