Lane County School District 4J v. Oregon School Activities Ass'n

Petitioners, three of Oregon’s largest school districts, challenged a plan adopted by the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) in October 2006 that (1) increased the number of classifications for interscholastic competitions from four to six and (2) substantially modified the membership of districts (leagues) within those classifications. In particular, petitioners contended that the plan as a whole was invalid because OSAA, in creating the plan, had violated ORS 339.430(3) by applying unauthorized “criteria,” including school enrollment thresholds, and by systematically prioritizing…