VINES v. NORTHEAST LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY

No. 36,747-CA.

839 So.2d 979 (2003)

Dr. Dwight VINES and Dr. Van McGraw, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NORTHEAST LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY and the Board of Trustees, University of Louisiana System, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnny E. Dollar, Monroe, Dwan S. Hilferty, New Orleans, for Appellants.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, by H. Mark Adams, Pauline F. Hardine, Virginia W. Gundlach, Jennifer L. Anderson, Baton Rouge, McLeod Verlander, by Robert M. McLeod, Donald C. Douglas, Jr., Monroe, for Appellee University of Louisiana at Monroe.

Winston G. Decuir, New Orleans, Linda Law Clark, Baton Rouge, for Appellee Board of Supervisors of the University of Louisiana System.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS and GASKINS, JJ.


GASKINS, J.

The plaintiffs, Dr. Dwight Vines and Dr. Van McGraw, appeal a trial court judgment sustaining an exception of res judicata and collateral estoppel as to their claims of age discrimination. The exception was based upon the dismissal of a suit in federal court filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The defendants, Northeast Louisiana University and the Board of Trustees of the University...

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