Charles L. Tolliver v. J.R. Yeargan James E. Halligan Charles W. Oxford James E. Martin University of Arkansas

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal was brought by Dr. Charles L. Tolliver from the district court’s 1 dismissal of his employment discrimination claim against the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. The district court’s opinion is published at 567 F.Supp. 116.

The facts are essentially these: Dr. Tol-liver was hired by the University in 1976, as an Electrical Engineering Professor, in an attempt by the University to improve minority representation on the faculty. He received a 12-month contract as a result of special minority recruitment duties he was to undertake. The normal contract for…