LEGRAND v. TRUSTEES OF UNIV. OF ARK., PINE BLUFF

No. 86-1789.

821 F.2d 478 (1987)

Sylvester LEGRAND and Henry Rayfus, Appellants, v. TRUSTEES OF UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF; Bradley D. Jesson; Jacqueline Douglas; Robert D. Pugh; Hugh B. Chalmers; Jack L. Williams; Hall McAdams, III; Keneaster Hodges, Jr.; Gun Blass, II; M.A. Jackson, W. Sykes Harris, Sr.,; and Dr. Lloyd V. Hackley, Chancellor, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion A. Humphrey, Little Rock, Ark., for appellants.

Ginger P. Crisp, Fayetteville, Ark., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HEANEY, Circuit Judge, and CAHILL, District Judge.


LAY, Chief Judge.

Sylvester Legrand and Henry Rayfus appeal the dismissal of their claims against the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) alleging employment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-17, and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The district court1 found that the plaintiffs had not made a prima facie case of discrimination and the defendant had established legitimate, non-discriminatory...

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