Court Grants Summary Judgment to University, Athletics Officials in Title IX Retaliation Case

A federal judge from the District of Hawaii has effectively dismissed the retaliation claim of the former head coach of the University of Hawaii women's basketball team, who complained of gender inequities between the men's and women's basketball programs at UH.   In granting the motions for summary judgment from both the individual defendants and UH, the court found that the individual defendants possessed governmental immunity, while UH demonstrated enough valid reasons for terminating th