August 27, 2025
The city of Asheville, North Carolina, has agreed to remove race qualifications from the appointment process for a volunteer advisory board, resolving racial discrimination claims brought by five residents who said their applications were rejected because they are white.
August 28, 2024
A magistrate judge in North Carolina recommended that a federal court trim a discrimination claim from a lawsuit lodged by white homeowners challenging Asheville's Human Relations Commission appointments, ruling that the relevant statute only applies to people who are members of minorities.
January 16, 2024
A group of white residents who claim a North Carolina city's appointment process for a volunteer commission is discriminatory lost their bid for class certification this week when a federal judge found there were, at most, just nine members who qualified for class treatment.
September 29, 2023
A group of white North Carolina citizens, seeking to prove discrimination in a city's appointment process for a volunteer commission, couldn't get a federal court to grant their emergency request to stop new members from being designated because the group has yet to be denied any spots on it.
September 28, 2023
A group of white residents suing the city of Asheville, North Carolina, for allegedly favoring people of color to serve on an advisory board have asked a federal judge to stall new appointments while their discrimination case moves forward.
September 06, 2023
Five white residents are accusing the city of Asheville in western North Carolina of racial discrimination, alleging they were wrongly excluded from serving on an advisory board because they didn't fit racial qualifications for membership.