Legal Opinion
Stokes v. Board of Trustees of Temple University
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 23, 1988No. 86-5134PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LUDWIG, District Judge.
On June 30, 1986, Temple University terminated plaintiffs’ employment as academic advisors in its Special Recruitment and Admission Program (SRAP) and, shortly thereafter, eliminated the program’s advisory function. The complaint, as amended, charges racial and national origin discrimination (Count I) and free speech violations (Count II), under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983. Four plaintiffs are black and the fifth is of Hispanic origin. The purpose of the program was to assist minority students with educationally disadvantaged backgrounds. The causes of the…
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