Nolan Richardson Trial Update
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Unversity of Arkansas Chancellor John A White took the stand this morning in the federal trial of a racial
discrimination lawsuit brought by fired basketball coach Nolan
Richardson. Richardson`s lawyer questioned White about whether the
coach`s contract included language that would have let the
chancellor fire him.
White said that when he fired Richardson on March First, 2002,
he was exercising a right that was included in a pact Richardson
signed in 2000. Richardson lawyer John Walker questioned whether
the document gave White that authority.
The lawsuit against the university is being heard by U.S.
District Judge William R. Wilson Junior without a jury. Richardson
is seek monetary damages and his former job.
