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GOMES v. RHODE ISLAND INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE

Civ. A. No. 79-0158.

469 F.Supp. 659 (1979)

Donald M. GOMES v. RHODE ISLAND INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE, Rhode Island Secondary Principals' Association, Vincent Trainor, Jr., Superintendent of Schools for the City of Newport, Rhode Island, Charles Tobin, Principal of Rogers High School, Brian Burns, David R. Carlin, Jr., Patrick Francis Carroll, Louis T. Kazanjian, Charles R. Silvia, Arron Slom, George Herbert Triplett, in their capacities as Members of the School Committee of the City of Newport, Rhode Island.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

May 1, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Lauriston Parks of Hanson, Curran & Parks, Providence, R. I., for plaintiff.

James F. McAleer, Providence, R. I., for R. I. Interscholastic League and R. I. Secondary Principals' Assoc. Co-counsel: Robert B. Mann, Providence, R. I., for defendants.

Albert B. West, Providence, R. I., for School Committee.

OPINION

PETTINE, Chief Judge.

In recent years dozens of federal courts have interpreted the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment as mandating equal athletic opportunities for high school females. These rulings allowed girls to breach such previously all-male bastions as Little League baseball, high school soccer and cross-country skiing. See, e. g., Fortin v. Darlington Little League, Inc., 514 F.2d 344

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