- Brown v. Pro Football Inc. [518 U.S. 231 (1995)]
- Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison __ US __ (1997). Sports camp operated by a church may not be prevented from tax benefits available to charities solely because the camp serves mostly out of state children.
- Davis v. Monroe Board of Education __ US __ (1999). Where a claimant can demonstrate "deliberate indifference" to claims of sexual harassment, the school can be held liable for peer on peer harassment under Title IX. The Court cautions that this ruling is not an attempt to require imposition of disciplinary measures and emphasized the importance of the ability to demonstrate that the school board and other disciplinary figures were made aware of the harassment. Read more in You Make the Call...
- Faragher v. City of Boca Raton 524 US 775 (1998) City employed lifeguard brough Title VII sexual harassement suit against her immediate superiors and the City of Boca Raton on the grounds that the city was liable for the actions of her supervisors. Read more in You Make the Call...
- Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore, Inc. v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs et al. 259 U.S. 200 (1922) Anti-trust allegation that the National League and American League had unfairly prevented competition by the Federal League. Found baseball exempt from Sherman Act anti-trust laws.
- Flood v. Kuhn 407 U.S. 258 (1972). Court further affirmed the prior cases finding baseball exempt from anti-trust laws and held that after 50 years, any changes would have to be made by Congress, not the Courts.
- Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools 503 U.S. 60 (1992). Title IX action by a high school student for sexual harrasement by her physical education teacher. Court found that Title IX does permit awards of damages.
- Grove City College v. Bell [465 U.S. 555 (1984)] (This case has been superceded by statute.)
- Haywood v. National Basketball Association 401 U.S. 1204 (1971). One page opinion maintaining a preliminary injunction, but important becuase it states that basketball does not enjoy the same exemption from anti-trust laws as baseball does.
- International Boxing Club v. U.S. 358 U.S. 242 (1959). Follow up to prior decision finding IBC subject to Sherman Act. Court found that IBC did violate the Sherman Act and ordered the clubs dissolved.
- National Football League v. North American Soccer League 459 U.S. 1074, (1982). Anti-trust case concerning the enforceability of an NFL rule against owners of NFL teams also having ownership in teams of any other professional sport.
- National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma 468 US 85 (1984). Action against NCAA in responce to discipline for violation of NCAA regulations for the televising of college football games.
- National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Smith __ US __ (decided Feb. 23, 1999). Court held that the NCAA is not subject to discrimination actions under Title IX because it does not receive sufficient government funds to be a government agent or actor.
- NCAA v. Tarkanian 488 U.S. 179 (1988). The court found that a state university does not make the NCAA rules into state rules by adopting them and so there was no breach of Due Process by the University of Nevada in suspending Tarkanian, UNLV's basketball coach.
- O'Connor v. Board of Education of School District 23 449 U.S. 1301, (1980). Decision on whether a school district may refuse to allow a junior high girl of exceptional talent try out for the boys basketball team.
- Radovich v. National Football League 352 U.S. 445 (1957). Court finds that business of the National Football League does fall within Sherman Act provisions and the baseball exemption does not extend to football.
- San Francisco Arts & Athletics v. United States Olympic Committee 483 U.S. 522, (1987). Found that the USOC has more than mere trademark rights to prevent others from using the term "Olympic" and therefore may prevent the Gay Games from being named the "Gay Olympic Games".
- Toolson v. New York Yankees 346 U.S. 356 (1953). Court confirms that Major League Baseball does not fall within the federal anti-trust laws codified in the Sherman Act.
- U.S. v. International Boxing Club 348 U.S. 236 (1955). The court finds that the cases exempting baseball from Sherman Act violations does not necessarily immunize all other sports as well. This decision would have to be made by Congress.
- Vernonia School Dist. 47J v. Acton __ US __ (1995) Court found that mandatory drug testing in high school athletics programs was not an unreasonable search or seizure, nor was it an invasion of privacy.
- Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co. [433 US 562 (1977)]
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