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MORELAND v. WESTERN PA. INTERSCHOLASTIC, ETC.

No. 77-1576.

572 F.2d 121 (1978)

Floyd MORELAND, a minor by his next friend Maggie Moreland, Appellant, v. WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC LEAGUE and Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association and School District of the Borough of Aliquippa.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Dineen, Albert J. Jones, Timothy P. O'Brien, Neighborhood Legal Services Association, Aliquippa, Pa., for appellant.

McNees, Wallace & Nurick, William M. Young, Jr., Rod J. Pera, Harrisburg, Pa., for Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association and Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League.

Before ALDISERT and HUNTER, Circuit Judges, and CAHN, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

The question for decision is whether a high school basketball player was denied equal protection when his team was foreclosed from playing in post-season athletic league competition because it was placed under suspension for prior violations of league rules. Appellant Floyd Moreland, a high school junior at the commencement of this action, sought injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against his local...

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