Victoria Ann Cape v. Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association

Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association appeals from a judgment of the district court declaring that present TSSAA rules applicable to girls’ basketball violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The challenged rules call for six instead of five players on each team, impose half-court restrictions, and permit only forwards to shoot. A comparison of the TSSAA girls’ rules and those published by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFSHSA), as set forth in the trial judge’s opinion, appears as an addendum hereto.

Following a trial on the…