April 09, 2025
A sharply divided Eleventh Circuit refused Tuesday to grant a full-court rehearing of a panel decision ending a sex discrimination suit from Georgia Tech's longtime women's basketball coach, prompting a rebuke from the court's Democratic-appointed judges who said the court has "just failed to learn the lesson" that educators deserve a right of action under Title IX.
November 07, 2024
The Eleventh Circuit declined to revive longtime women's basketball coach MaChelle Joseph's discrimination and retaliation claims against Georgia Tech, concluding Thursday that Title IX does not provide an implied right of action for sex discrimination in employment.
September 26, 2024
An 11th Circuit panel signaled Thursday that the disparate funding of men's and women's collegiate athletic programs was likely not enough to sustain a fired Georgia Tech basketball coach's Title VII claim of sex-based discrimination against the program.
July 17, 2023
The former head women's basketball coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology asked the Eleventh Circuit to revive a suit she filed against the board of regents and athletic association claiming the school fired her after she repeatedly lodged complaints about the unequal treatment of the women's basketball program.