Legal Opinion
Adamek v. Pennsylvania InterschoLastic Athletic Ass'n
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 3, 1981No. Appeal, 2273 C.D. 1979PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Mencer,
The Pennsylvania Interscholastie Athletic Association, Incorporated (PIAA) appeals from that portion of the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County enjoining PIAA from causing the School District of Penn Hills varsity football team to forfeit three football victories. We reverse in part and affirm in part.
Penn Hills School District (Penn Hills) reported to PIAA, a nonprofit membership corporation composed of public and private high schools, that it had used a player on its football team who was academically ineligible under PIAA rules. The ineligible…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Goss v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Catherine Walsh, Etc. v. Louisiana High School Athletic Association, Lutheran High School Association of Greater New OrleansCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Robert L. Parish v. National Collegiate Athletic AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Howard University Et At. v. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Howard University v. National Collegiate Athletic AssociationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Spring Branch I.S.D. v. StamosTexas Supreme Court · 1985
- Bailey v. TrubyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
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- Boyle ex rel. Boyle v. Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Ass'nCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Ass'n v. Greater Johnstown School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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