Legal Opinion
Jones v. Campbell Univ.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 29, 2018No. Case No. 18–cv–321 (CRC)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
Plaintiff Amos Jones is a former professor at Campbell University's Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law in Raleigh, North Carolina. In December 2017, Jones-now a citizen of the District of Columbia-filed suit in D.C. Superior Court against Campbell and five of its employees-all citizens of North Carolina-alleging violations of federal antidiscrimination statutes and raising tort claims under state law. He also brought two common-law tort claims against the Catholic University of America, located in Washington, D.C.
The crux of Jones's…
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