JOHN v. STATE OF LA. (BD. OF T. FOR STATE C. & U.)

No. 84-4524. Summary Calendar.

757 F.2d 698 (1985)

Alex JOHN, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, et al.), Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David T. Lopez, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Bronfin, Heller, Feldman & Steinberg, Robert A. Kutcher, John D. Fricke, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before RUBIN, RANDALL and TATE, Circuit Judges.


RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

The district court granted the defendants-appellees' motion for summary judgment because (1) the plaintiff-appellant, by failing to follow a local rule that requires a response to all opposed motions, effectively agreed to the entry of summary judgment and, (2) at any rate, there are no genuine issues of material fact and the defendants-appellees are entitled to judgment as a matter of law. We must reverse the judgment because (1) a local rule...

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