Justices Say Law on Sex Bias Guards Against Retaliation, Too.

Reports that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal law barring sex discrimination in schools and colleges also prohibits school officials from retaliating against those who bring sex discrimination complaints. Significance of the five-to-four ruling, which resolved conflicting interpretations over the scope of the law, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; Background on the plaintiff, male gym teacher Roderick Jackson, who lost his position as a girls' basketball coach in a Birmingham, Alabama high school after complaining of discrimination against the girls' team; Comments of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor; Implications of the decision for Jackson; Reaction of Marcia D. Greenberger, co-president of the National Women's Law Center, which represented Jackson.