COOK v. COLGATE UNIVERSITY

No. 1041, Docket 92-9175.

992 F.2d 17 (1993)

Jennifer Baldwin COOK, Melissa Ehlers, Christine Price, Thayer Jaques, Julie Wolff, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COLGATE UNIVERSITY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Davidson, New York City (Carla A. Kerr, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Faith A. Seidenberg, Syracuse NY (Bonnie Strunk, Seidenberg, Strunk and Goldberg, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Deborah L. Brake, Ellen J. Vargyas, Nat. Women's Law Center, Washington, DC, submitted an amici curiae brief for Nat. Women's Law Center, American Ass'n of University Women, American Ass'n of University Women Legal Advocacy Fund, California Women's Law Center, Center for Women Policy Studies, Connecticut Women's Educ. and Legal Fund, Inc., Girls Inc., Nat. Ass'n for Girls and Women in Sports, Nat. Council of Jewish Women, NOW Legal Defense and Educ. Fund, Nat. Softball Coaches Ass'n, Nat. Women's Political Caucus, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Women's Basketball Coaches Ass'n, Women's Law Project, and Women's Sports Foundation.

William D. Kramer, Clifford E. Stevens, Jr., Baker & Botts, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Shirley J. Wilcher, submitted an amici curiae brief for Nat. Ass'n of Independent Colleges and Universities, Ass'n of Catholic Colleges and Universities, Ass'n of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, and Christian College Coalition.

Before: McLAUGHLIN and JACOBS, Circuit Judges, and SPATT, District Judge.


McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:

Colgate University appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (David N. Hurd, Magistrate Judge) ordering it to elevate its women's club ice hockey team to varsity status and to provide equal funding and benefits to its men's and women's ice hockey programs. Cook v. Colgate Univ., 802 F.Supp. 737 (N.D.N.Y.1992). Because this...

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