Top Court Hears Arguments Over Fired Basketball Coach; Case Tests Scope of the Title Ix Law, Which Shields People Who Report Discrimination

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court considered Tuesday whether a landmark gender equity law shields people who report discrimination, hearing the case of an Alabama girls basketball coach who was fired after complaining that the boys were treated better.

In a case testing the scope of the Title IX law, Roderick Jackson used the statute as the basis for a lawsuit against the Birmingham Board of Education, claiming wrongful termination.

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Top Court Hears Arguments Over Fired Basketball Coach; Case Tests Scope of the Title Ix Law, Which Shields People Who Report Discrimination

Jackson lost his coaching job in 2001 after repeatedly asking the Birmingham school offic...

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