BIEDIGER v. QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY

Docket No. 10-3302-cv.

691 F.3d 85 (2012)

Stephanie BIEDIGER, Kayla Lawler, Erin Overdevest, Kristen Corinaldesi, Logan Riker, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Robin L. Sparks, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 7, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristen Galles , Equity Legal, Alexandria, VA ( Jonathan B. Orleans , Alex V. Hernandez , Pullman & Comley, LLC, Bridgeport, CT; David McGuire , Sandra J. Staub , ACLU Foundation of Connecticut, Hartford, CT; Lenora M. Lapidus , Galen Sherwin , Women's Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Edward A. Brill ( Susan D. Friedfel , Rebecca L. Berkebile , on the brief), Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Dennis J. Dimsey , Holly A. Thomas , Attorneys, Thomas E. Perez , Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae United States of America, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Lauren B. Fletcher , Craig E. Davis , Jasmine S. McGhee , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA; Fatima Goss Graves , Dina R. Lassow , Neena K. Chaudhry , National Women's Law Center, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae National Women's Law Center; American Association of University Women; Asian American Justice Center; Business and Professional Women's Foundation; California Women's Law Center; Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund; Feminist Majority Foundation; Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center; Legal Voice; National Association for Girls and Women in Sport; National Association of Commissions for Women; National Association of Social Workers, National and Connecticut Chapter; National Council of Jewish Women; National Council of La Raza; National Education Association; National Partnership for Women & Families; Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law; Southwest Women's Law Center; Women's Law Center of Maryland; Women's Law Project; and Women's Sports Foundation, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Lawrence J. Joseph, Esq. , Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, Inc., in support of Defendant-Appellant.

Before: WINTER, RAGGI, and CHIN, Circuit Judges.


REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judge:

Quinnipiac University appeals pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1) from a permanent injunction ordered on July 22, 2010, by the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Stefan R. Underhill, Judge), after a bench trial at which Quinnipiac was found to have violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ("Title IX") by failing to afford equal participation opportunities in varsity sports to

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