HARDIE v. NAT. COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

No. 15-55576.

861 F.3d 875 (2017)

Dominic HARDIE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, a nonprofit association, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 27, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Sigel (argued) and Jack W. Londen , Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, California; Brian R. Matsui , Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jon Greenbaum , Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey M. David , Call & Jensen, Newport Beach, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Seth P. Waxman (argued), Ari Holtzblatt , David M. Lehn , and Daniel S. Volchok , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee.

Joshua P. Thompson and Wencong Fa , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, for Amici Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation, Center for Equal Opportunity, and Competitive Enterprise Institute.

Concurrence by Judge Faber.


OPINION

Plaintiff Dominic Hardie appeals the district court's entry of summary judgment in his suit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Hardie, who is African American, alleges that the NCAA's policy of excluding anyone with a felony conviction from coaching at NCAA-certified youth athletic...

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