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CAPE v. TENNESSEE SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASS'N

No. 77-1153.

563 F.2d 793 (1977)

Victoria Ann CAPE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TENNESSEE SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Hampton White, Cornelius, Collins, Higgins & White, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant-appellant.

Ann Mostoller, Oak Ridge, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CELEBREZZE and ENGEL, Circuit Judges and WEINMAN, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association appeals from a judgment of the district court declaring that present TSSAA rules applicable to girls' basketball violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The challenged rules call for six instead of five players on each team, impose half-court restrictions, and permit only forwards to shoot. A comparison of the TSSAA girls' rules and those published by the National Federation of State...

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