Legal Opinion
Ward v. Robinson
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided September 1, 1978No. CIV-2-78-47PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
NEESE, District Judge.
This is a civil rights action brought under the provisions of 42 U.S.C.- § 1983 seeking damages aggregating $225,000 for the defendants’ deprivation of the plaintiff’s “ * * * constitutionally protected right to engage in the interscholastic sport of basketball at a public school * * *” by dismissing her from the team without a hearing. 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3). The defendants moved for a dismissal of this action for the failure of the plaintiff to state a claim against them upon which relief can be granted. Rule 12(b)(6), Federal Rules of Civil…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Edward E. Westlake v. William Lucas, Sheriff of Wayne CountyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- Board of Curators of the University of Missouri v. HorowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Robert L. Parish v. National Collegiate Athletic AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Bailey v. TrubyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
- Adamek v. Pennsylvania InterschoLastic Athletic Ass'nCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Haverkamp v. Unified School Dist. No. 380District Court, D. Kansas · 1986
- Palmer v. MerluzziDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1988
- Bailey v. TrubyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984