· 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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