Cabrillo Community College District v. California Junior College Ass'n

Defendant, California Junior College Association (hereafter “Association”) appeals from a judgment granting plaintiffs Cabrillo Community College District of Santa Cruz County, Donald Gatz, Joseph Gatz and Steve Donohue (students enrolled at the college and members of its football team), a permanent injunction and declaratory relief.

The Association is a private, voluntary, nonprofit corporation whose membership consists of 95 public community colleges, including plaintiff college and three private community colleges in California. One of the Association’s primary responsibilities is the regulation and supervision of athletic competition among its member colleges. Accordingly, on May 19, 1972, the Association, acting through one of its standing committees, the State Athletic Committee, amended two sections of the State Athletic Code which had been adopted in 1967. The two sections in their amended form provide as follows: “Section 6.031. A student 18 years of age or older who is not residing with his parents may establish eligibility through the passing of two semesters or three quarters of academic work in the community college serving that area, such work to include a…