Legal Opinion
Moshe Menora v. Illinois High School Association
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 18, 1982No. 81-2960PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Interscholastic high school sports in Illinois, including basketball, are conducted under the aegis of the Illinois High School Association, a private association of virtually all of the state’s public and private (including parochial) high schools. A rule of the Association forbids basketball players to wear hats or other headwear, with the sole exception of a headband no wider than two inches, while playing. The principal concern behind this prohibition is that the headwear might fall off in the heat of play and one of the players might trip or slip on it, fall, and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Moskowitz v. WilkinsonDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1977
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3Cited by50 opinions
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