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TOMPKINS v. ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY

Civil Action No. 97-M-1482-S.

15 F.Supp.2d 1160 (1998)

Jesse TOMPKINS, Audra Beasley, James W. Scott, Rodney Smith, for themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY, Alabama State University Board of Trustees, State of Alabama, Dr. William H. Harris, President of Alabama State University, Dr. Roosevelt Steptoe, President of Academic Affairs, Director of Student Activities, Governor Fob James, Ex-Officio President, Joe L. Reed, Chairman, Frankye U. Underwood, Vice Chairwoman, Richard Arrington, Jr., B. Maxine Corley, James C. Cox, LaRue W. Harding, Toreatha M. Johnson, Larry H. Keener, Patsy D. Parker, Donald V. Watkins, all named in their individual and official capacities, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division.

May 1, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Vastine Stabler, Jr. Birmingham AL, Joseph A Wallace, Elkins WV, Michael A. Rosman, Center for Individual Rights, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Solomon S. Seay, Jr. Montgomery, AL, Terry G. Davis, Montgomery, AL, Armand Derfner, Charleston SC, John E. Grenier & Robert D. Hunter, Lange Simpson Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, AL, for Defendants

ORDER

HAROLD L. MURPHY, District Judge.

This is a civil rights case in which Plaintiffs challenge Defendant Alabama State University's use of "other-race" scholarships to remedy vestiges of segregation found to exist in the Alabama system of public higher education. The case is before the Court on Defendant State of Alabama's Motion to Dismiss and Defendants Alabama State University Board of Trustees, et al.'s Motion to Dismiss.

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