Makeup Call! Circuit Court Remands Official’s Case Back to District Court

The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court, remanding the gender discrimination claim of a female basketball official back to district court to give the plaintiff an opportunity to provide more facts related to her claim.   Plaintiff Tamika Covington has been a basketball official in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for more than ten years. But she had never been assigned to officiate at boys' post-season games.   This frustrated her to the point, where she finally t