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MARTIN v. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

No. 84-5859.

740 F.2d 670 (1984)

Lisa MARTIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 21, 1984.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniella Sapriel, Santa Monica, Cal., Gilbert Gaynor, Susan D. McGreivy, Fred Okrand, Paul Hoffman, ACLU Foundation of So. California, Elaine Burton, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Anthony B. Gordon, James W. Colbert, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., Richard G. Kline, Edward T. Colbert, Beveridge, DeGrandi & Kline, Washington, D.C., for Olympic Committee & Athletic Congress.

Ira Reiner, Marcia Haber Kamine, Thomas C. Bonaventura, Los Angeles, Cal., for L.A. Memorial Coliseum Commission.

Thomas L. Waddell, Parker, Stanbury, McGee, Babcock & Combs, John Missing, Max L. Gillam, Thomas M. Mustin, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, Cal., for L.A. Olympic Committee.

Russell J. Frackman, Robert N. Block, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, Cal., Samuel Pisar, John I. Huhs, Pisar & Huhs, New York City, for International Olympic Committee.

Before WALLACE, PREGERSON, and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 16, 1984.

WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Certain women runners and runners' organizations (the women runners) appeal the denial by the district court of their motion for a preliminary mandatory injunction to require the organizers of the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games to include 5,000 meter and 10,000 meter track events for women. The women runners claim that the failure to include these events constitutes gender...

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