Kentucky Decision Reminds Lawyers That Discrimination Cases Require a Comparable Act

By Gary Chester, Senior Writer There is discrimination and then there is a pattern of discrimination. Without evidence of the latter, a cause of action for the former may fail. That is the reminder of Cody v. Kenton, No. 2:20-cv-103 (E.D. Ky. Feb. 10, 2023). Background Tenth-grade basketball players, Treshawn Cody and Tyler Szabo, claimed that their school system, Kenton County Public Schools (“the District”), discriminated against them in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and under th