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Hecox v. Little
Equal Protection, Trans Youth, Athletics, Idaho, District of Idaho, 9th Circuit, Fourth Amendment, Search & Seizure, Privacy, Fourteenth Amendment, Due Process, Fair Notice Mack Karbon Equal Protection, Trans Youth, Athletics, Idaho, District of Idaho, 9th Circuit, Fourth Amendment, Search & Seizure, Privacy, Fourteenth Amendment, Due Process, Fair Notice Mack Karbon

Hecox v. Little

NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

In April of 2020, female athletes (both trans and cis) filed a complaint against the Idaho Governor challenging HB 500, which broadly banned trans and intersex females from participating in women’s and girls’ sports and mandated invasive medical testing to be done on girls and women whose “biological sex” was “in dispute.” The district court blocked enforcement of the law, as did the appellate court. However, in light of the Supreme Court’s stay order in Poe v. Labrador, the appellate court amended the injunction to apply only the plaintiff. Proceedings are currently stayed pending resolution of the State’s petition for review with the Supreme Court.

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