Van Troba v. Montana State University

¶1 Stephanie Van Troba filed a complaint in the District Court for the Eighteenth Judicial District in Gallatin County against Montana State University and the National Collegiate Athletic Association after she was ruled ineligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics during her freshman year of college. After a hearing, the District Court issued a preliminary injunction which enj oined the NCAA from enforcing its rules of freshman eligibility against Van Troba and ordered that she be permitted to participate with the women’s basketball team at MSU. The NCAA appeals. We hold that the…