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TITLE IX AND INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS


DOCUMENTS

BROWN UNIVERSITY CASE

Briefs seeking Supreme Court review of Brown University v. Cohen, which the court ultimately refused to review, from:

A brief from Amy Cohen and the female athletes who sued Brown University opposing a Supreme Court review the case (3/24/97)

Brown University's brief asking the Supreme Court to hear its appeal (2/20/97)

The majority opinion by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in the case (11/22/96)

A brief filed by the U.S. Justice Department, backing female athletes in their legal battle with Brown University (2/5/96)


OTHER DOCUMENTS

A ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a case involving California State University at Bakersfield (1/7/2000)

A ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in a case involving Illinois State University (1/7/2000)

A ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that a female placekicker could sue Duke University for discrimination because she was cut from the football team (7/13/99)

A federal judge's ruling barring the National Collegiate Athletic Association from using a rule under which freshman eligibility was determined in part by scores on standardized tests

A Supreme Court ruling that the N.C.A.A. cannot be sued under Title IX

An amendment proposed in the House of Representatives that would have barred spending to enforce Title IX

A federal judge's ruling that Louisiana State University's athletics program discriminates against female students

An Education Department report offering guidence on enforcement of Title IX

A decision by a New York appeals court upholding the right of the State University of New York at Albany to eliminate four varsity teams






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BACKGROUND ARTICLES:

General articles

Court cases & Congressional action

Federal actions and policies

N.C.A.A. and athletic conferences

Women's athletics

Men's athletics


STORIES ON INSTITUTIONS:

Brown University

Other institutions


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DOCUMENTS & OPINION:

Documents

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