U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
John and Jane Doe No.1 v. Bethel Local School District Board of Education
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Ransey Guy Cole Jr.
- Filed
- Aug. 26, 2025
- Case
- John and Jane Doe No.1 v. Bethel Local School District Board of Education
- Case status
- Decided
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0410n.06 Case No. 23-3740 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Aug 26, 2025 ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk JOHN AND JANE DOE NO.1, et al., ) Plaintiffs-Appellants, ) ) ON APPEAL FROM THE v. ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT ) COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN BETHEL LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD ) DISTRICT OF OHIO OF EDUCATION, et al., ) Defendants-Appellees. ) OPINION ) Before: MOORE, COLE, and LARSEN, Circuit Judges. COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which MOORE, J., concurred, and LARSEN, J., concurred in part and in the judgment. LARSEN, J. (pp. 22–28), delivered a separate concurring opinion. COLE, Circuit Judge. In January 2022, the Bethel Local School District (School District) revised its bathroom policy to permit transgender students to use the communal bathroom of the gender with which they identify based on legal advice that Title IX required it to do so. Parents and students subsequently sued the school board, its board members, and the superintendent alleging violations of state and federal law, including free exercise and parental rights claims. They also requested a declaratory judgment that Title IX did not req…
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