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Snapchatting Cheerleader Wins Free-Speech Case at 3rd Circuit

June 30, 2020July 1, 2020 EMILEE LARKIN
Cheerleaders, First Amendment, Free Speech, schools, Snapchat, Social Media, teens, Third Circuit

The Third Circuit ruled Tuesday that a school violated a cheerleader’s First Amendment rights when it kicked her off the squad over a profane Snapchat post done off-campus.

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Employment Sports 

Houston Texans Face Second Suit From Former Cheerleaders

June 1, 2018June 13, 2018 KELSEY JUKAM
Cheerleaders, discrimination, eldSports, Houston, NFL, sex, Texas

Five former Houston Texans cheerleaders claim in a lawsuit filed Friday that they were subjected to a hostile workplace and not protected from mental and physical abuses perpetrated by fans and their own coach.

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Employment Entertainment Sports 

Former Cheerleader Calls Houston Texans Abusive

May 22, 2018May 30, 2018 CAMERON LANGFORD
Cheerleaders, Class Action, eldSports, NFL, Texas

The Houston Texans stiff its cheerleaders for the hours they spend in the gym and at official team events, and fires them for complaining about the squad’s weight-shaming coach, a former cheerleader claims in a federal class action.

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Civil Rights Education 

Albuquerque Schools Lashed in a Split Ruling

January 10, 2018January 10, 2018 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
Albuquerque, Cheerleaders, nudity, Photography, retaliation, schools, Social Media, teens

A federal judge issued a split ruling for a cheerleader who sued Albuquerque Public Schools for refusing to let her transfer high schools unless she promised not to sue after teammates took nude pictures of her and posted them on Snapchat.

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Courts Employment Sports 

NFL Ducks Cheerleaders’ Antitrust Class Action

July 24, 2017July 25, 2017 NICHOLAS IOVINO
antitrust, Cheerleaders, NFL

The National Football League has defeated an antitrust class action claiming it conspired with 27 teams to suppress cheerleaders’ wages and restrict their mobility.

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Civil Rights Education 

Judge Tosses Cheerleader’s Conspiracy Claims Over Nude Photos

June 19, 2017June 20, 2017 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
Cheerleaders, conspiracy, New Mexico, nudity, schools, Snapchat

A New Mexico cheerleader who claims she wasn’t allowed to transfer schools unless she promised not to sue over teammates taking nude pictures of her and posting them on Snapchat cannot bring conspiracy claims against school officials, a federal judge ruled.

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Employment Sports 

NFL, Teams Dodge Cheerleaders’ Antitrust Class Action

May 26, 2017May 30, 2017 HELEN CHRISTOPHI
antitrust, Cheerleaders, NFL

A federal judge on Friday dismissed a proposed antitrust class action accusing the National Football League and 27 of its teams of conspiring to suppress cheerleader wages.

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Appeals Arts Entertainment Sports 

High Court Shakes Its Pom-Poms for Uniform Makers

March 22, 2017March 23, 2017 BARBARA LEONARD
Cheerleaders, Copyright, U.S. Supreme Court

Adding a new kind of chevron to its precedent, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday copyright laws do protect zig-zags and other designs on cheerleading uniforms.

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Employment Entertainment Sports 

Cheerleaders Accuse NFL of Antitrust Conspiracy

February 2, 2017February 3, 2017 NICHOLAS IOVINO
antitrust, Cheerleaders, Class Action, NFL

An antitrust class action accuses the NFL and 26 of its 32 teams of conspiring to suppress wages for cheerleaders in the multibillion-dollar sports enterprise, forcing them to work off the clock and prohibiting them from seeking work in other sports.

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Civil Rights Education 

Cheerleader Sues High School for Cruel Harassment

January 23, 2017February 13, 2017 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
Albuquerque, Cheerleaders

A cheerleader claims in a lawsuit against her high school that administrators wouldn’t let her transfer schools unless she promised not to sue after her teammates took nude pictures of her in a shower, passed them around and posted them on SnapChat.

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