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NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSN. v. SMITH

No. 98-84.

525 U.S. 459 (1999)

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION v. SMITH

United States Supreme Court.

Decided February 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Roberts, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Martin Michaelson, Gregory G. Garre, John J. Kitchin, Robert W. McKinley, and Elsa Kircher Cole.

Carter G. Phillips argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Virginia A. Seitz.

Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance. On the brief were Solicitor General Waxman, Acting Assistant Attorney General Lee, Deputy Solicitor General Underwood, Irving L. Gornstein, and Dennis J. Dimsey.*

Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Justice Ginsburg, delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case concerns the amenability of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA or Association) to a private action under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The NCAA is an unincorporated association of approximately 1,200 members, including virtually all public and private universities and four-year colleges conducting major athletic programs in the...

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