LAMPHERE v. BROWN UNIVERSITY

Civ. A. No. 75-140.

690 F.Supp. 125 (1988)

Louise LAMPHERE, On behalf of herself and all other similarly situated, v. BROWN UNIVERSITY In Providence In the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, et al. In the Matter of Ann W. SEIDMAN/Luce Chair.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

May 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Gertner, Claudia M. Worrell, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Beverly E. Ledbetter, Gen. Counsel, Peter J. McGinn, Tillinghast, Collins & Graham, Providence, R.I., for defendants.


OPINION

FRANCIS J. BOYLE, Chief Judge.

The question is what prompted the tenured faculty of the Sociology Department of Brown University to vote (7-2) to reopen a search for a candidate to fill the Luce Chair at the University. The significance is that unless Brown University has proven by clear and convincing evidence that its explanation for its conduct is not a pretext masking sex discrimination then Plaintiff Ann Seidman is entitled to relief.

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