Eighth Circuit Upholds Defendant’s Summary Judgment in Sexual Orientation Discrimination Case

By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer These pages have previously covered the litigation brought by two former coaches against the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota.  Both coaches previously sued the school.  The District Court granted the Regents’ motion for summary judgment (“Summary Judgment Defeats Claims For the Second Time” (6-18-21)).  Jen Banford appealed, and recently the Eighth Circuit affirmed (Banford v. Bd. of Regents, Case No. 21-2160; 2022 U.S. Lexis