Legal Opinion
Amy Cohen v. Brown University
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 21, 1996No. 95-2205PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is a class action lawsuit charging Brown University, its president, and its athletics director (collectively “Brown”) with discrimination against women in the operation of its intercollegiate athletics program, in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1688 (“Title IX”), and its implementing regulations, 34 C.F.R. §§ 106.1-106.71. The plaintiff class comprises all present, future, and potential Brown University women students who participate, seek to participate, and/or are deterred from participating in intercollegiate…
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