Minnesota State High School League Defeats High School Athlete’s Procedural and Substantive Due Process Claims in Eligibility Controversy

A federal judge from the District of Minnesota granted the Minnesota State High School League’s motion for summary judgment in a case in which it was sued after finding that a plaintiff/student athlete was ineligible to compete in athletics. By way of background, Plaintiff A.K. was entering 9th grade in the fall of 2022. He was a resident in Montgomery, Minnesota, where there are at least two public high schools available to residents in that area: Tri-City United High School, located in Mo