CRAIG v. ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY

Civ. A. No. 76-21-N.

451 F.Supp. 1207 (1978)

Charles R. CRAIG, for himself and for all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY, Levi Watkins, Individually and in his official capacity as President of Alabama State University, the Board of Trustees of Alabama State University, Mrs. L. W. Noonan, Dr. R. J. McLaughlin, Mayor Andrew M. Hayden, Ross Dunn, Robert L. Potts, Lewis J. Willie, Mayor A. A. Chandler, and Robert L. Glynn, Individually and in their official capacities as Members of the Board of Trustees of Alabama State University, Tom Radney, Individually and Ed Moss, in his official capacity as a Member of the Alabama State University Board of Trustees, Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Alabama, N. D.

May 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard A. Mandell and Delores R. Boyd, Mandell & Boyd, Montgomery, Ala., and Susan Williams Reeves, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Solomon S. Seay, Jr., Gray, Seay & Langford, Montgomery, Ala., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHNSON, Chief Judge.

In this class action, plaintiffs contend that, in its employment practices, Alabama State University ("A.S.U.") has engaged in a pattern and practice of discrimination against whites. Specifically, plaintiffs contend, A.S.U. has discriminated against whites in the hiring of its administrative, teaching, and clerical and support staff and in the promotion and tenure of...

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