Ex Parte Richardson

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Dr. Ed Richardson, interim president of Auburn University; John G. Blackwell, Byron P. Franklin, Samuel L. Ginn, Robert E. Lowder, Charles D. McCrary, Ear-Ion C. McWhorter, John C.H. Miller, Jr., Sarah B. Newton, James W. Rane, Paul J. Spina, Jr., and Virginia N. Thompson, current members of the Auburn University Board of Trustees ("the Board"); and Charles E. Ball, a former member of the Board (hereinafter referred to collectively as "the petitioners"), petition…