Edwards v. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

GREENE, Judge.

Keith Marcellette Edwards (Edwards) appeals from a judgment entered 17 May 1991 in Orange County Superior Court affirming the dismissal of her appeal by the State Personnel Commission.

Edwards was employed as a sworn police officer by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (University). Edwards was the only black female employed in the University’s Police Department (Department). In June 1987, the University initiated what it called a reorganization or reassignment plan which made sweeping changes in the Department. Several new rank positions were created and personnel…