Allison "Pookie" Fortin v. Darlington Little League, Inc., Etc.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the right of a girl to play Little League baseball. In the spring of 1974, ten year old Allison “Pookie” Fortin and her father went to Slater Field, a City of Pawtucket park, where Pookie sought to participate in the baseball program of the Darlington Little League, Inc., American Division (“Darlington”). 1 Pookie was a Pawtuck-et resident and otherwise eligible; she was turned down because of her sex. Defendant McCluskie, president of Dar-lington, told the Fortins that a boys-only policy was dictated by the national Little League…