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Litigation

Dec. 24, 2015

Title IX gender discrimination protections apply to sexual orientation, judge rules

A Title IX suit by two former Pepperdine women's basketball players for discrimination continues.

By Gautham Thomas
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Title IX protections apply to sexual orientation discrimination as part of the statute's gender discrimination protections, a federal judge ruled last week in what plaintiffs' counsel are calling a federal court first.

U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson's 22-page ruling denying Pepperdine University's motion to dismiss a Title IX suit called sexual orientation discrimination inextricable ...

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