BANFORD v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIV. OF MINNESOTA

No. 21-2160.

43 F.4th 896 (2022)

Jen BANFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant Annette Wiles, Plaintiff v. The BOARD OF REGENTS OF the UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 9, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the appellant brief was Sharon Van Dyck , of Saint Louis Park, MN. The following attorney appeared on the appellant brief; Daniel M. Siegel , of Oakland, CA.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee and appeared on the appellee brief was Jeanette Marie Bazis , of Minneapolis, MN. The following attorneys appeared on the appellee brief; Timothy Joseph Pramas , of Minneapolis, MN., and Katherine M. Swenson , of Minneapolis, MN.

Before ERICKSON, MELLOY, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.


Jen Banford worked at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) as the women's softball head coach and part-time Director of Operations for the women's hockey team. After UMD relieved Banford of her hockey duties, she sued, claiming that she was fired for being gay. The district court1 granted summary...

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