Boucher v. Syracuse
In 1995, Jennifer Boucher sued Syracuse University along with seven other female athletes for failing to provide women athletes with equal opportunity. After being sued, Syracuse added women's varsity teams to make it equal with the amount of men's teams. They updated the women's programs, increased scholarships for women athletes, improved facilities, and improved the coaching staff. The court ruled in favor of Syracuse because of their continuing support and expansion of women's athletics. Syracuse is also using surveys to keep up with women's interests. |
Cohen v. Brown University
In November 1996, female athletes at Brown University sued the school for discriminating against women's sports. When they took away women's gymnastics and volleyball teams from university-funded to donor-funded they argued that it went against Title IX. The court said that Brown University violated Title IX. Brown made a statement that men were more active in sports participation than women. The Supreme Court decline to hear the case, and the women's teams went back to university-funded. |
Alexander v. Yale
Alexander v. Yale was the first Title IX court case that dealt with sexual harassment. Ronni Alexander was sexually harassed by a flute teacher and hockey coach. A teacher in the university bribed her into giving her an "A" if she would meet his sexual demands. The university would not listen to her complaint so she filed a court order. She sued Yale for sexual harassment and disobeying the Title IX law. There was no real evidence of sexual harassment or sex discrimination so the court favored with Yale. The allegations were therefore dismissed. |