Haffer v. Temple University of Commonwealth System of Higher Education

MEMORANDUM

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Senior District Judge.

BACKGROUND

This is a class action alleging unlawful gender discrimination in Temple University’s intercollegiate athletic program. The plaintiff class consists of “[a]ll current women students at Temple University who participate, or who are or have been deterred from participating because of sex discrimination in Temple’s intercollegiate athletic program.” The parties have engaged in lengthy and voluminous discovery. In October 1986, class counsel Arthur Bryant began to schedule meetings with women’s intercollegiate athletic teams.…