Haffer v. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY OF COM. SYSTEM, ETC.

OPINION

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.

I. Introduction

Plaintiffs are women students enrolled at defendant Temple University (Temple). They claim that Temple discriminates against women in the operation of its intercollegiate athletic program 1 in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. (Title IX), and the regulations implementing Title IX issued by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), 34 C.F.R. § 106 (1980). 2 Plaintiffs seek to represent the class of all current women students at Temple University who participate, or who are, or…