HAFFER v. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

No. 82-1049.

688 F.2d 14 (1982)

Rollin HAFFER, ind. and on behalf of all others similarly situated, et al., v. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided September 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Duff Campbell (argued), Marcia D. Greenberger, Margaret A. Kohn, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Marc P. Cherno, Pamela Jarvis, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York City, for amici curiae Disability Rights Educ. and Defense Fund, et al.; Phyllis N. Segal, Anne E. Simon, NOW Legal Defense and Educ. Fund, New York City, of counsel.

Peter M. Mattoon (argued), Michael L. Lehr, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants; Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

Before ADAMS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges, and TEITELBAUM, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

Eight women undergraduates at Temple University brought this class action, charging that the University discriminates on the basis of sex in its intercollegiate athletic program.1 The plaintiffs contend that Temple's allegedly discriminatory policies violate section 901(a) of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which provides: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex...

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