Wade R. Clark v. Arizona Interscholastic Association

886 F.2d 1191 56 Ed. Law Rep. 455 Wade R. CLARK, a minor by and through his next best friend, Guardian ad Litem and natural guardian Tom CLARK, individually and on behalf of all males similarly situated in the State of Arizona, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ARIZONA INTERSCHOLASTIC ASSOCIATION, an Arizona corporation, Defendant-Appellee. No. 88-2919. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 8, 1989. Decided Oct. 5, 1989. Jonathan Rothschild, Tucson, Ariz. for plaintiff/appellant. John C. Richardson, Tucson, Ariz. for defendant/appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before HUG, SCHROEDER and CANBY, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 This action, like three others before it 1 , was brought under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 to challenge a rule of the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) restricting interscholastic volleyball competition to single-sex teams. Wade Clark, a male student at Rincon High School in Tucson, Arizona, alleges that he is precluded from playing interscholastic volleyball because the only team at his school is the girls' team, and he is not allowed to compete for a place on it. The district…