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Was coach's action protected by qualified immunity?
Author(s) -
Gelpi Aileen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
college athletics and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7579
pISSN - 1552-8774
DOI - 10.1002/catl.30624
Subject(s) - plaintiff , white (mutation) , misconduct , psychology , action (physics) , criminology , political science , law , biology , quantum mechanics , gene , biochemistry , physics
When the plaintiff — a student‐athlete — played on the Purdue University North‐Central baseball team in 2015, the head coach allegedly: (1) treated white players more favorably than the plaintiff and the other Hispanic players, (2) disciplined Hispanic players more severely for misconduct than white players, and (3) gave Hispanic players less playing time.