Circuit Court Finds Boys Have a Constitutional Right to Try Out and Participate on Dance Teams

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court and determined two Minnesota high school students, who were males, were denied their rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution when their school did not allow them to try out for the female-only competitive dance teams.   The circuit court found, in sum, “that the boys had more than a fair chance of prevailing on the merits of their case, and that the district court erred in concluding otherwise.”