Appeals Court Hands Illinois High School Association a Defeat in International Student Athlete Case

An Illinois state appeals court affirmed the finding of a trial court that the Constitutional rights of an international student athlete supersede the general rule of noninterference with a high school athletic association's bylaws. Thus, the court affirmed the grant of a preliminary injunction preventing the enforcement of the amended bylaw of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), which would have made the international student athlete ineligible unless he was living with a parent or leg