Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Ass'n v. Cox Ex Rel. Cox

The respondent, Judson Newman, filed an original bill against petitioners, Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, and others, on September 1, 1967, in the Chancery Court of Knox County.

The bill alleged the Association has formulated a set of rules, the pertinent sections of which are quoted as follows:

"A student who attends a private, parochial, or public technical school and participates in, athletics cannot transfer to another school within the territory served by these schools without losing his eligibility for a period of twelve months — even though there is a change of…