ISLESBORO SCH. COM. v. CALIFANO

Nos. 78-1302, 78-1304.

593 F.2d 424 (1979)

ISLESBORO SCHOOL COMMITTEE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joseph A. CALIFANO, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellants. BRUNSWICK SCHOOL BOARD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph A. CALIFANO, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellants, v. H. Sawin MILLETT, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie E. Klimesz, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Drew S. Days, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., George J. Mitchell, U.S. Atty., Portland, Maine, and Brian K. Landsberg, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for defendants-appellants.

Hugh G. E. MacMahon, with whom Harry R. Pringle, and Drummond, Woodsum, Plimpton & MacMahon, P.A., Portland, Maine, were on brief for appellees, Islesboro School Committee, et al.

Merton G. Henry, with whom Nicholas S. Nadzo, David P. Ray, and Jensen, Baird, Gardner & Henry, Portland, Maine, were on brief, for appellee, Brunswick School Bd.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Congress passed the Education Amendments of 1972 to proscribe discrimination based on sex under any educational program activity receiving federal financial assistance.

No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance...

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