011472P.pdf   01/14/2003  Howard Lockridge  v.  Bd. of Trustees etc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  01-1472
   Eastern District of Arkansas   
   Civil case - civil rights. The court en banc finds that plaintiff 
   cannot establish that his federal right to be free of racial 
   discrimination was violated when he was not promoted to 
   the position of dean of industrial technology and workforce 
   development at Phillips Community College of the University 
   of Arkansas, as plaintiff was notified of the job opening and 
   failed to apply; District Court erred in denying Chancellor's 
   motion for qualified immunity on the claim, and the other 
   defendants were entitled to summary judgment on the merits. 
   Dissent by Judge Heaney, joined by Judge McMillian, 
   Judge Murphy and Judge Smith.
  
011472P.pdf   06/24/2002  Howard Lockridge  v.  Bd. of Trustees etc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  01-1472
   Eastern District of Arkansas   
   Civil case - civil rights. A reasonable jury could conclude that the 
   subjective manner in which the University filled administrative positions 
   is direct evidence of discriminatory practices, and the district court 
   did not err in finding plaintiff had made a prima facie case that 
   defendants' failure to promote him was discriminatory; in light of 
   ambiguity surrounding the University's promotion policies and 
   practices, defendants were not entitled to summary judgment on basis 
   of qualified immunity; dissent by Judge Morris S. Arnold.