Coleman v. Wayne State University

OPINION

GILMORE, District Judge.

This case unhappily reveals the fight for equal opportunity is no more over in our nation’s universities than it is anywhere else in our society.

Plaintiffs, claiming racial discrimination, seek damages and injunctive relief against defendant Wayne State University under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq., 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They claim defendant treated them differently because of their race, and engaged in a pattern of racial discrimination that had an adverse impact on each of them.

Plaintiff Ben Coleman, a…