Bell v. Trustees of Purdue University

ORDER ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ALLEN SHARP, Chief Judge.

This case revisits the district court on defendants’ pending motion for summary judgment. The early history of this case begins with the court’s published decision in Bell v. Trustees of Purdue University, 658 F.Supp. 184 (N.D.Ind.1987). There, the court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), holding that “the complaint fails to state a claim that would entitle these plaintiffs to relief.” Id. at 189. Plaintiffs appealed that judgment, and the Seventh Circuit reversed and remanded the case for trial in an…