High Court to Return to Dispute Between Tenn. Athletic Authority, Private School
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by a state high school athletic association over whether the group's rules restricting the recruitment of student-athletes conflict with the First Amendment free speech rights of its member schools.
The court’s Jan. 5 decision to step into the case is the latest development in a protracted, and sometimes bitter, legal battle between the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association and private Brentwood Academy near Nashville.
The TSSAA contends that the private school agreed to the recruiting rules when it voluntarily joined the association and that the rules protect an important state interest in...
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