Volume 37 — Federal Reporter, Fourth Series

Peltier v. Charter Day School, Inc. is a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit concerning a North Carolina public charter school's requirement that female students wear skirts. In a 2022 en banc opinion, the court held that the school's dress code violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and that Title IX applies to sex-based school dress codes. The court also held that North Carolina charter schools are state actors for purposes of constitutional claims. The Supreme Court of the United States later denied certiorari, leaving the Fourth Circuit's decision in place. The case has been discussed in legal scholarship on charter schools, state action doctrine, and Title IX.