Legal Opinion
Peirick v. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Athletics Department
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 14, 2007No. 06-1538PublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
During Debbie Peirick’s thirteenth and final year as head coach of the women’s tennis team at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), her team maintained the highest grade point average of all athletic teams, achieved its best season in history, and, for the first time, qualified for the NCAA tournament. Despite this record, Peirick, then age fifty-three, was fired when the season ended. Within a month of her termination, IUPUI hired the twenty-three year old sister of the men’s tennis coach to coach the women’s tennis team.
Peirick sued IUPUI, the…
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