IND. HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASS'N, INC. v. Martin

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SULLIVAN, Justice.

The trial judge in this case found the IHSAA in contempt of court for seeking to enforee its "restitution rule." The restitution rule permits the IHSAA to forfeit a school's victories and titles won with an ineligible student where a trial court injunction allowing the ineligible student to play is later reversed or vacated. We upheld the validity of the restitution rule in two decisions five years ago,; the IHSAA was not in contempt.

Background

Appellant, Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA), is an Indiana voluntary, not-for-profit…