Federal court dismisses appeal of lawsuit contesting transgender woman in Wyoming sorority
A federal court has dismissed the appeal of a lawsuit challenging a transgender woman’s... A federal appeals court has dismissed an appeal against a lawsuit challenging the acceptance of a transgender woman into a sorority at the University of Wyoming. The court ruled it had no jurisdiction to hear the case as a lower court judge had left open the possibility of refiling it in his own court. The case involved Artemis Langford, a transgendered woman who was admitted into the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority chapter in Laramie. The sorority argued it had wide leeway to interpret its own bylaws, but six sisters argued for a narrower interpretation. The appeals court sided with sorority attorneys who argued the case was not ready for the appeals court.
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FILE - Cheryl Tuck-Smith, a long-time member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, speaks in support of the six plaintiffs in a case against the sorority during a news conference outside the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, May 14, 2024, in Denver. A federal appeals court on Wednesday, June 12 dismissed a lawsuit challenging a transgender woman's acceptance into a sorority at the University of Wyoming. FILE - Hannah Holtmeier, one of six plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, talks to reporters after a news conference outside the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, May 14, 2024, in Denver. A federal appeals court on Wednesday, June 12 dismissed a lawsuit challenging a transgender woman's acceptance into a sorority at the University of Wyoming.
DENVER (AP) — A federal court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal of a lawsuit that challenged a transgender woman’s acceptance into a sorority at the University of Wyoming, ruling it had no jurisdiction to hear the case.
The lawsuit could not be appealed because a lower court judge in Wyoming left open the possibility of refiling it in his court, the three-judge U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver determined.
The case involving Artemis Langford, a transgender woman admitted into the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority chapter in Laramie, drew widespread attention as transgender people fight for more acceptance in schools, athletics, workplaces and elsewhere, while others push back.
The sorority argued it had wide leeway to interpret its own bylaws, including defining who is a woman, but six sorority sisters argued in a lawsuit for a narrower interpretation.
Last summer, U.S. District Judge Alan Johnson in Cheyenne dismissed the case without prejudice in a ruling that suggested the lawsuit could be refiled in his court.
The appellate judges sided with sorority attorneys who argued the case was not ready for the appeals court. The question elicited the most discussion before the judges during oral arguments in May.
The sorority sisters’ lawsuit against Kappa Kappa Gamma and its president, Mary Pat Rooney, claimed Langford made them feel uncomfortable in the sorority house. Langford was dropped from the lawsuit on appeal.
The arguments hearing drew a small demonstration outside a federal courthouse in Denver with women holding signs that read “Save Sisterhood” and “Women have the right to women’s only spaces.”
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