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BALOW v. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

No. 21-1183.

24 F.4th 1051 (2022)

Sophia BALOW; Ava Boutrous; Julia Coffman; Kylie Goit; Emma Inch; Sheridan Phalen; Madeline Reilly; Olivia Starzomski; Sarah Zofchak; Taylor Arnold; Elise Turke, individually and on behalf of all those similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY; Michigan State University Board of Trustees; Samuel L. Stanley, Jr.; Bill Beekman, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 1, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Lori Bullock , NEWKIRK ZWAGERMAN, PLC, Des Moines, Iowa, for Appellants. Brian M. Schwartz , MILLER CANFIELD, PADDOCK AND STONE, P.L.C., Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees. Brant Levine , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae. ON BRIEF: Lori Bullock , Jill Zwagerman , Danya Keller , NEWKIRK ZWAGERMAN, PLC, Des Moines, Iowa, Brian E. Koncius , BOGAS & KONCIUS, PC, Bingham Farms, Michigan, for Appellants. Brian M. Schwartz , Scott R. Eldridge , Erika L. Giroux , MILLER CANFIELD, PADDOCK AND STONE, P.L.C., Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees. Erin H. Flynn , Yael Bortnick , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., Harrison J. Frahn IV , SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP, Palo Alto, California for Amici Curiae.

MOORE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which GIBBONS, J., joined. GUY, J. (pp. 1062-69), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

Michigan State University (MSU) eliminated both its men's and women's swimming-and-diving teams. Members of the women's swimming-and-diving team ("student-athletes") sued, arguing that MSU fails to provide women athletes with equal participation opportunities as required by Title IX. The district...

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