Tompkins v. Alabama State University

ORDER

HAROLD L. MURPHY, District Judge.

This is a civil rights case in which Plaintiffs challenge Defendant Alabama State University’s use of “other-race” scholarships to remedy vestiges of segregation found to exist in the Alabama system of public higher education. The case is before the Court on Defendant State of Alabama’s Motion to Dismiss and Defendants Alabama State University Board of Trustees, et al.’s Motion to Dismiss.

I. Background

A summary of the factual context in which this lawsuit is brought begins long before the filing of Plaintiffs’ Complaint. This case exists in the shadow of…