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Tingley-Kelley v. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

677 F. Supp. 2d 764 (2010)

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Tingley-Kelley v. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
677 F. Supp. 2d 764 (2010)

  • Written by Ann Wooster, JD

Facts

Kimberley Tingley-Kelley (plaintiff) applied six times for admission to the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (vet school) and was rejected each time. During two interviews for admission, members of the admissions committee made comments, asked questions, and took written notes about Tingley-Kelley’s status as the mother of young children and the wife of an active Air Force service person before making a decision the same day to deny admission. Tingley-Kelley brought an action in the district court against the vet-school trustees (defendants) and claimed discrimination on the basis of gender in the vet school’s admissions process in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. In particular, Tingley-Kelley argued that the comments, questions, and notes of the admissions-committee members regarding the difficulty of handling both graduate school and childcare responsibilities amounted to direct evidence of disparate treatment on the basis of gender in violation of Title IX. The vet-school trustees moved for summary judgment on this claim.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Pratter, J.)

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