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Case Name: Mercer v. Duke University Case Cite: 190 F.3d 643, 138 Ed. Law Rep. 113 (4th Cir. 1999) In 1997, Heather Sue Mercer sued Duke University for discrimination after her dismissal from Duke's intercollegiate football program. Mercer had been an all-state placekicker at Yorktown Heights High School in Yorktown Heights, New York. From 1994 though 1995, she participated in Duke's football program as a manager. Mercer challenged the federal district court's earlier decision holding that Title IX provides a blanket exemption for contact sports and the court's consequent dismissal of her claim that Duke University discriminated against her. == Background == In the fall of 1994 Mercer tried out for the Duke Football team as a walk-on placekicker. Mercer was the first female to try out for Duke’s football team. Mercer didn’t make the team, but instead took a manager position on the team. While she was on the team she did many of the conditioning drills routinely performed by football kickers.〔(FindLaw | Cases and Codes )〕 Mercer claims that the coach Fred Goldsmith made offensive remarks about her gender. She was cut from the team in 1996, and claimed that the reason she was cut was because of her sex. This is against Duke's rules of athletics, which state: "No person shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, be treated differently from another person or otherwise be discriminated against in any interscholastic, intercollegiate, club or intramural athletics offered by a recipient, and no recipient shall provide any such athletics separately on such basis." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heather Sue Mercer-Duke Football case」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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