A federal judge is allowing plaintiffs to move forward with their lawsuit challenging the way Asheville chooses members of its Human Relations Commission. The suit accuses the city of rejecting plaintiffs because they are white.
A federal magistrate judge recommends that plaintiffs be allowed to proceed with a lawsuit challenging Asheville’s rules for selecting its Human Relations Commission. The suit contends that the city violated constitutional bans on racial discrimination.
A federal judge has denied class-action status in a lawsuit challenging race-based membership qualifications for an Asheville advisory board. Plaintiffs had argued that the rules discriminate against white applicants to the Human Relations Commission.
Asheville residents challenging membership requirements for the city’s Human Relations Commission hope to pursue a class-action case. Paperwork filed Friday in federal court seeks to extend the suit to anyone disqualified by race from
The Pacific Legal Foundation is siding with five Asheville-area residents who are suing the city because of racial criteria tied to its Human Relations Commission. PLF and the five plaintiffs filed an amended complaint Tuesday in the case Miall v. Asheville. Plaintiffs argue that Asheville rejected them for the advisory human relations group because they are white.
The city of Asheville wants a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit from five white applicants for the city’s Human Relations Commission. City officials dispute the plaintiffs’ argument that they were rejected from the group because of their race.
Five people living in or near Asheville have sued the city in federal court for refusing to appoint them to a city advisory board. They argue that the city rejected them for the Human Relations Commission because they are white.
