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· 5/3/1977

Elssy Rivas Tenorio v. Liga Atletica Interuniversitaria

Citations

  • 554 F.2d 492
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 13556

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that intercollegiate athletic association’s actions constitute governmental action for purposes of the Constitution and 42 U.S.C. § 1983
  • holding that intercollegiate athletic association's actions constitute governmental action for purposes of the Constitution and 42 U.S.C. § 1983
  • activities of defendant L.A.I., a Puerto Rican equivalent of the NCAA with thirty percent public school membership, are state action
  • participation in intercollegiate athletics not a fundamental right for equal protection analysis
  • participation in intercollegiate athletics not a fundamental right for equal protection analysis

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Judges: Van Oosterhout, Campbell, Van Oosterhout Ingraham

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