United States Eighth Circuit

In a claim for race discrimination in employment, the subjective manner in which a university filled administrative positions could be construed as direct evidence of discriminatory practice, and plaintiff made a prima facie case that failure to promote was discriminatory; university chancellor was not entitled to qualified immunity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/24/2002
• Published 06/24/2002

Judges

• MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge., Before HANSEN, Chief Judge, and HEANEY, McMILLIAN, BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, LOKEN, MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, MURPHY, BYE, RILEY, MELLOY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rhonda M. Thornton, argued, Little Rock, Arkansas, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Melissa S. Woods, argued, New York, New York (John W. Walker, Shawn G. Childs, and Robert Pressman, on the brief), for appellee.