Kennedy v. Alabama State Board of Education

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

This long-running lawsuit presents the question whether a defendant from whom front-pay relief is sought in civil-contempt proceedings and in claims brought under a number of civil rights statutes has a right to a jury trial. The court holds that such relief does not trigger the right.

This case involves class-action allegations of race and gender discrimination in the employment practices of Alabama’s postsecondary educational system. This court has approved a consent decree resolving the race discrimination claims, see Shuford v. Alabama State Bd. of…