Eighth Circuit Reverses District Court and Its Finding that University Violated Title IX

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court, which had found that St. Cloud University violated Title IX when it failed to properly allocate athletic participation opportunities and benefits to female athletes at SCSU. Specifically, it found that trial court incorrectly required equity at each tier of participation, rather than across the entire program as it should have. LITIGATION HISTORY Portz arose from preliminary and permanent injunctions that dated to 2016. T