Court Rules Coach Can Proceed with Sex Discrimination Claim

The former women’s basketball coach at Montana State University can proceed with her Title IX claim against her former employer after a judge held that Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 should be construed broadly and that the plaintiff has met the required threshold to defeat the defendants’ summary judgment motion on that specific claim.   It was a small victory for plaintiff Robin Potera-Haskins, however, as the court granted the defendants’ motion on the plaintiff’s r