LEWIS v. DELAWARE STATE COLLEGE

Civ. A. No. 78-266.

455 F.Supp. 239 (1978)

Bessie M. LEWIS, Plaintiff, v. DELAWARE STATE COLLEGE, Board of Trustees of Delaware State College, and Walton H. Simpson, William G. Dix, William H. Davis, James C. Hardcastle, Richard Barros, James H. Williams, Lee Kallos, Arthur Richardson, Helen Kirch, Individually and as the Board of Trustees of Delaware State College and Luna I. Mishoe, Individually, and as the President of Delaware State College, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

July 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Kreshtool, Sheldon N. Sandler and Thomas S. Neuberger, of Bader, Dorsey & Kreshtool, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiff.

Nicholas H. Rodriguez and William D. Fletcher, Jr., of Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P. A., Dover, Del., for defendants.


OPINION

LATCHUM, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff, Bessie M. Lewis, instituted this action1 to vindicate her federal constitutional rights which she claims were violated by the defendants when they refused to renew her contract of employment on July 1, 1978 as Director of Residence Halls For Women ("Director") at Delaware State College because she bore a child out of wedlock.2 The matter is presently before...

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