Appeals Court Affirms Ruling for James Madison

The 4th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit that challenged the decision of James Madison University (JMU) to eliminate seven men’s and three women’s varsity athletic teams in order to bring the school into compliance with Title IX.   The plaintiffs “failed to show how the Department's three-part test exceeded the permissive statutory bounds. The test did not violate the Equal Protection Clause because achieving gender equality in college athletics w