Legal Opinion
Pottgen v. Missouri State High School Activities Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 16, 1994No. 94-2324PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
The Missouri State High School Activities Association (hereinafter “MSHSAA”) appeals the issuance of a preliminary injunction which restrains it from enforcing its age limit for interscholastic sports against Edward Leo Pottgen. Pottgen repeated two grades in elementary school due to an undiagnosed learning disability. By his senior year, this *928delay in completing his education made him too old to play interscholastic baseball under MSHSAA eligibility standards. In district court, Pottgen challenged the age limit as violating section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,…
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