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EDUCATION
Radwan v. University of Connecticut Board of Trustees

3:16-cv-02091 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2016

Case Ongoing

On December 19, 2016, a female student at the University of Connecticut brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut against the University of Connecticut (“UConn”) Board of Trustees and three of the university’s employees. This lawsuit arose from the student’s removal from the women’s soccer team and the termination of her one-year athletic scholarship following a hand gesture made during celebrations on the soccer field after victory that was broadcast on tel…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Flores v. The National Football League

1:22-cv-00871 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case alleges NFL race discrimination in hiring of coaching staff. On February 1, 2022, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores--who had been fired by the Dolphins and then rejected from other coaching jobs--sued the NFL and its 32 teams in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Flores, who is Black, put forth evidence that he was interviewed for coaching roles only to satisfy NFL rules, not because he was under serious consideration. Represented by private emp…
EDUCATION
Wadley v. University of Iowa

4:20-cv-00366 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about racial discrimination and race-based threats on the University of Iowa football team. On November 12, 2020, a group of thirteen Black former and current Iowa football players filed this lawsuit in the Iowa District Court for the State of Iowa, Polk County (a state trial court). However, shortly after, on December 1, 2020, the defendants successfully removed the case to a federal court, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Central Division. The…
EDUCATION
Balow v. Michigan State University

1:21-cv-00044 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2021

Closed Date: Jan. 23, 2023

This is an ongoing Title IX case about Michigan State University's attempt to eliminate its varsity aquatics program. In October 2020, MSU –– a NCAA Division 1 school –– announced it would discontinue its women's and men's varsity swimming and diving programs at the end of the 2020-2021 season due to budget cuts. Eleven women on the team then hired private counsel to sue the University, president, its board of trustees, and its director of athletics. Their January 15, 2021 complaint, filed in t…
EDUCATION
Gordon v. Jordan School District

2:17-cv-00677 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: June 23, 2017

Case Ongoing

On June 23, 2017, six parents of schoolchildren who attend schools within the Jordan, Granite, and Canyons School Districts in Utah filed this class action lawsuit against their respective school districts, those districts’ superintendents, and the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) in the U.S. District Court for Utah. The lead plaintiff helped start a recreational-girls only tackle football league, which had approximately 200 participants in spring 2017. Plaintiffs alleged sex dis…
EDUCATION
Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools, Inc.

3:20-cv-00201 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2020

Case Ongoing

The four plaintiffs in this case are high school track athletes who alleged that having to compete against transgender female peers (consistently referred to as "biological males" in their briefs) has caused the plaintiffs to lose out on significant opportunities to win competitions and further advance in their track careers. They filed suit on February 12, 2020 in the District Court for the District of Connecticut against their school districts and the Connecticut Interschool Athletic Conferen…
EDUCATION
Manassa v. NCAA

1:20-cv-03172 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Dec. 10, 2020

Case Ongoing

This class action lawsuit was filed on December 10, 2020, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, on behalf of Black student-athletes at HBCUs. The plaintiffs alleged that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) engaged in discriminatory practices through the use of its Academic Performance Program in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 42 U.S.C. § 1985, and the District of Columbia Human Rights Act. Represented by private counsel counsel, the plaintiffs sought i…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
In re National Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation

2:12-md-02323 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2012

Case Ongoing

This is case about health safety and racial discrimination involving the National Football League (NFL) and its players. This federal multidistrict litigation arose from four parallel actions: one in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and three in the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California. These cases were consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The initial plaintiffs were former NFL players. However, the…
EDUCATION
Foltz v. Delaware State University

1:10-cv-00149 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 2010

Case Ongoing

This is a class action lawsuit about equitable athletic opportunities for female students. On February 23, 2010, a group of female student-athletes filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The plaintiffs sued Delaware State University (DSU) under Title IX. Represented by the Women's Law Project and a commercial business law firm, the plaintiffs sought class action certification, declaratory judgment, a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, a f…
EDUCATION
Ohlensehlen v. The University of Iowa

3:20-cv-00080 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 7, 2021

On September 25, 2020, four members of the University of Iowa women's swimming and diving team filed a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa against UI after it announced it was cutting the program. In October, plaintiffs amended the complaint adding two new named plaintiffs. Plaintiffs alleged that UI violated its obligation under Title IX by failing to provide female students with an equal opportunity to participate in athletics as compared to the oppo…