Legal Opinion
Jones v. Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Ass'n
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma
Decided August 31, 1977No. CIV-77-0477-TPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RALPH G. THOMPSON, District Judge.
Complaint
Plaintiff, Cheryl Lynn Jones, is a junior student at Northeast High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where she plays the position of guard on the girls’ basketball team. The crux of plaintiff’s complaint is Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) rules concerning basketball. The girls’ game is substantially different from the boys’ game in Oklahoma; those differences of which plaintiff complains are: (1) each player plays only one-half the basketball court; (2) each player plays only guard or forward; (3) the team…
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