Ninth Circuit Reverses and Remands Lower Court’s Decision to Grant Summary Judgment in Favor of Defendant in Title IX Retaliation Case

By Lauren Rosh For a plaintiff to allege a prima facie case of a retaliation claim related to Title IX, they must do so by satisfying three elements: “(1) plaintiff was “engaged in [a] protected activity”; (2) plaintiff “suffered an adverse action”; and (3) a “causal link” between the first two elements.” After Bennett MacIntyre, the head coach for both the men's and women’s golf teams at Carroll College spoke to school officials about what he perceived to be gender inequ