Harrisburg School District v. Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Ass'n

Opinion by

Me. Chief Justice Jones,

This case arose from the aftermath of a September 17,1971, football game between Harrisburg High School (“Harrisburg”) and Cedar Cliff High School (“Cedar Cliff”) involving post-game incidents of fighting among the game’s spectators. While the record is imprecise, it does appear that there was fighting in the area of the stadium parking lot and that at least three persons were injured: one young woman suffered a cut head, a male student sustained a fractured jaw and another unidentified male was beaten with a lead pipe. The initial outbreaks prompted a…