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BOWERS v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASS'N

No. Civ. A. 97-2600.

9 F.Supp.2d 460 (1998)

Michael BOWERS, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, ACT, INC., NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse, Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, University of Iowa, American International College, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

June 8, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara E. Ransom, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, Penelope A. Boyd, Mount Laurel, NJ, Richard L. Bazelon, Bazelon & Less, Marlton, NJ, for Plaintiff, Michael Bowers.

Charles J. Vinicombe, J. Freedley Hunsicker, Jr., John Schultz, Julianne Peck, Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant, National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Robert A. Burgoyne, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Washington, DC, Nicholas M. Kouletsis, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, LLP, Cherry Hill, NJ, for Defendants, ACT, Inc. and NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse.

Mark Schantz, Andrew Ives, Office of the General Counsel, Iowa City, IA, Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Gordon E. Allen, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Iowa Attorney General, Des Moines, IA, for Defendant, University of Iowa.

John B. Langel, Abigail L. Flitter, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant, Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education.

Thomas C. Hart, Ruprecht & Hart, LLP, Millburn, NJ, for Defendant, American International College.

Isabelle Katz Pinzler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, John L. Wodatch, L. Irene Bowen, Philip L. Breen, Daniel W. Sutherland, Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Faith S. Hochberg, United States Attorney, Louis J. Bizzarri, Assistant United States Attorney, Mitchell H. Cohen, Camden, NJ, for Amicus Curiae, United States of America.

OPINION

ORLOFSKY, District Judge.

                                Table of Contents

I.   Facts and Procedural History .................................................... 466
     A. Procedural History ........................................................... 466
     B. Michael Bowers ............................................................... 467
     C. The NCAA ..................................................................... 467...

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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