CRAFT v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

No. 84-2195.

793 F.2d 140 (1986)

Willie Warren CRAFT and Louis A. DeSalle III, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Truman O. Anderson, Howard M. Bers, Elizabeth McGrew, and Jack Bulmash, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1986.

Opinion June 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth N. Flaxman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard T. Franch, Jenner & Block, Barry Sullivan & Gabrielle L. Sigel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, and WOOD and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs Willie Warren Craft and Louis A. DeSalle III appeal the district court's denial of their post-trial motion for declaratory and injunctive relief or, in the alternative, for a new trial on the question of damages. Judgment was entered after a jury trial on plaintiffs' claims arising inter alia under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985 and 2000d et seq. We affirm for the reasons discussed below.

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