Legal Opinion
United States v. Flowers
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided June 30, 2006No. Civil Action 2:68cv2709-MHTPublished
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
The issue before the court is whether, after approximately a third of a century, the court-imposed no-bypass rule should be terminated. In general, the rule prohibits Alabama state officials from bypassing a higher-ranked African-American applicant in favor of a lower-ranked white applicant on a certificate of eligibles. Because there are no disputed issues of material fact, see Fed.R.Civ.P. 56, and for the reasons given below, the court concludes that a summary judgment terminating the rule should be entered.
On May 20, 2003, plaintiff United States of…
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