Tompkins v. Alabama State University

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No. 97-M-1482-2 (N.D. Ala. filed Mar. 31, 1997); No. 97-M-1482-2 (N.D. Ala. Filed Jul. 10, 1998) (motion to intervene in Knight v. Alabama).


	"THE CASE IS BEING WATCHED AS THE LATEST TEST OF AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION PROGRAMS, AND AS AN INTERESTING RIPPLE IN COLLEGE-DESEGREGATION LITIGATION." CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Issues: Civil Rights; Equal Protection.

Action: Challenged court mandated "whites only" scholarship at traditionally black university.

Status: Partial Victory. District court judge granted modifications to the language of the "whites only" scholarship to include students of all races.

Selected legal documents

CIR's petition for Certiorari to U.S. Supreme Court (May 26, 1999)

Order of the District Court dismissing Tompkin's separate action (May 1, 1998)

Selected articles

June Kronholtz. "Double Reverse: Scholarship Program for Whites Becomes a Test of Preferences." Wall Street Journal, December 23, 1997, p. A1.

David Tell. "Race to the Bottom." Weekly Standard, May 17, 1999.

CIR press release (August 27, 1997)

Last revised: 23-Jul-2013