Legal Opinion
Donald M. Gomes v. Rhode Island Interscholastic League
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 31, 1979No. 79-1181PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Donald M. Gomes, a volleyball enthusiast who had played on an all-male volleyball team at his high school in Pennsylvania, was excluded from interscholastic competition when he transferred to Rogers High School in Newport, Rhode Island, for his senior year. Rogers’ only volleyball team was all-female and played in competition under the auspices of the defendant, the Rhode Island Interscholastic League. The League provides interscholastic volleyball competition only for all-female teams and disqualifies teams on which any male plays. As a result, Rogers High…
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