Legal Opinion
Gomes v. Rhode Island Interscholastic League
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided May 1, 1979No. Civ. A. 79-0158PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
In recent years dozens of federal courts have interpreted the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment as mandating equal athletic opportunities for high school females. These rulings allowed girls to breach such previously all-male bastions as Little League baseball, high school soccer and cross-country skiing. See, e. g., Fortin v. Darlington Little League, Inc., 514 F.2d 344 (1st Cir. 1975); Brenden v. Independent Sch. Dist. 742, 477 F.2d 1292 (8th Cir. 1973). See also 23 A.L.R.Fed. 661 at 664. There were only some minor limitations upon this athletic…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Craig v. BorenSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Regents of the University of California v. BakkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Weinberger v. WiesenfeldSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Orr v. OrrSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic BishopSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Israel Ex Rel. Israel v. West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1989
- Kleczek v. Rhode Island Interscholastic League, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1992
- Clark ex rel. Clark v. Arizona Interscholastic Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Striebel v. Minnesota State High School LeagueSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
- Petrie v. Illinois High School Ass'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
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