Justices Turn Down Case on Mich. Sports Seasons
The U.S. Supreme Court declined last week to hear the appeal of Michigan’s high school sports governing body in a case alleging discrimination by the group against girls in the scheduling of athletic seasons.
The court’s unanimous action on April 2 was not a ruling on the merits of the lawsuit, but it was the final buzzer in a legal contest that lasted nine years. The victor was a private group that argued in court documents that the Michigan High School Athletic Association “put the boys in the seasons that they and their coaches wanted and gave the girls the leftovers.”
Communities for Equity is a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based group that sued the MHSAA in 1998 for itself and on behalf of several parents and female high school athletes. The group argued in the suit that girls’ sports were held in seasons that were either nontraditional or otherwise disadvantageous, had shorter seasons than boys’ sports, and were...
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