Legal Opinion
Pamela Magill, a Minor, by Her Parents and Natural Guardians, William L. Magill and Patricia Magill v. Avonworth Baseball Conference
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 8, 1975No. 73-1860PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
The question presented is whether the district court erred in denying relief to a ten-year-old girl who asserted an Equal Protection deprivation when a community youth baseball conference refused to allow her to participate.
Alleging that the defendant officers of the Avonworth Baseball Conference (ABC) refused to permit her to play baseball solely because of her sex and thus infringed rights secured by the Fourteenth Amendment, plaintiffs brought a Civil Rights Action 1 seeking preliminary and permanent injunctions. Following a hearing, the district…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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3Cited by49 opinions
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