Legal Opinion

Cole v. University of Hartford

District Court, D. Connecticut

Decided March 19, 1975No. Civ. H-74-304PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS

BLUMENFELD, District Judge.

This is a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1985(3) (1970). The named plaintiff is a black former employee of the defendant private university who claims he has been discriminated against because of his race by the University and defendants Woodruff and McKinley, respectively the president and vice president for student affairs of the University of Hartford. 1 The plaintiff seeks to represent a class of all blacks against whom the defendants have discriminated in employment matters. 2

The defendants have moved to dismiss on two…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Nelson Radio & Supply Co., Inc. v. Motorola, IncCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
  2. Joseph L. Dombrowski v. Jack Dowling and Arthur Rubloff & Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
  3. Anderson v. AbbottSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. Billy Lamon Blackburn v. Fisk UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
  5. Greenville Publishing Company, Inc. v. The Daily Reflector, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Hawthorne Partners v. AT & T TECHNOLOGIES, INC.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1993
  2. 10 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1331, 10 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,294 Selene Weise v. Syracuse University, Jo Davis Mortenson v. Syracuse UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
  3. Buschi v. KirvenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
  4. Barbara Girard v. 94th Street and Fifth Avenue CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
  5. Curran v. Portland Superintending School CommitteeDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1977

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