McCormick v. School District of Mamaroneck (2d Cir. 2004)

In the case McCormick v. School District of Mamaroneck, 370 F.3d 275 (2004), the school district had scheduled their girls’ high school soccer season in the spring and their boys’ high school soccer in the fall. The effect of that schedule was that boys were able to compete in the regional and state championship games, but the girls were not. Parents of the girls team sued the school district pursuant to Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972 and 20 U.S.C. § 1681 (“Title IX”), which requires schools, among others, to provide equal athletic opportunities to all students regardless of gender. The appellate court held that the schools violated Title IX when they scheduled girls’ soccer in the spring because it denied female students an equal athletic opportunity. The Court noted that because the the girls' team could not compete in championship games, it implied that the schools did not value their athletic abilities as much as it valued the boys’ athletic abilities. 

Topics

• Education rights
• Gender discrimination

Geographical location

• North America
• United States
• New York

Keywords

• title ix and the right to equality of athletic opportunity
• access to sports
• athletic activities
• female athletes

Year

• 2004

External URL

• McCormick v. School District of Mamaroneck (2d Cir. 2004)

Court

• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Type

• Domestic Case Law

Jurisdiction

• United States