NEAL v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF CAL. STATE UNIVERSITIES

No. 99-15316.

198 F.3d 763 (1999)

Stephen NEAL; Jonathan Archuleta; Brent Cameron; Matt Corona; Moses Delfin; Lionel Halsey; Brad Hull; Mike Mendoza; Kirk Metz; Jason Riley; Andy Varner; Larry Vasquez; Nathan Vasquez; Erin Kelly; Natalie Morrow; Friends of Bakersfield Wrestling; Kern County Wrestling Association; National Wrestling Coaches Association; David Afoa; Nick Bradley; Elizar Ceballos; Raphael Davis; Ruben Deleon; Don Delfin; Josh Factor; Jeff Gardner; Max Harris; Thomas Juarez; Brett Lobel; Kevin Means; Jason Merrell; Ian Nelms; Robbie Odell; Tito Ortiz; Josh Ready; Max Schurkamp; Joe Younan; Seba Clemente, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Jeremy Bridges; Dan Corpstein; Tony De Souza; Demetrio Duran; David Molano; Jason Ramstetter; Eric Rowe; Ryan Sheets; Coby Wright; Jessica Arevalo; Cindy Jorgensen; Jessica Ramsey; Abby Schwarzberg; Lori Stocker; Diana Wesendunk, Plaintiffs, v. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES; California State University, Bakersfield; Barry Munitz; Tomas Arciniega; Rudy Carvajal, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter W. Davis, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellants.

Mark Martel, Palo Alto, California, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Josephine R. Potuto, University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, Nebraska, for the amici.

Before: CANBY, HALL, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.


CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

The instant case requires us to consider whether Title IX prevents a university in which male students occupy a disproportionately high percentage of athletic roster spots from making gender-conscious decisions to reduce the proportion of roster spots assigned to men. We hold that Title IX does not bar such remedial actions.

The Board of Trustees of the California State Universities...

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