CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A federal judge dismissed an
$880,000 civil lawsuit stemming from a hazing at The Citadel
after attorneys for the black plaintiff and five white defendants
reached a settlement.
As part of the agreement, the terms of the settlement
will not be released, attorneys David Norton and Bachman
Smith, who represent the defendants, said Monday.
Five white cadets disguised under sheets and towels entered
black cadet Kevin Nesmith's barracks room in the middle
of the night.
The five muttered obscenities and left a charred paper
cross behind. The five, who have since graduated, were ordered
to walk 195 hour-long punishment tours with rifles, the
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harshest penalty in school history short of dismissal.
Nesmith, who left the college shortly after the incident,
later sued, charging his constitutional rights, including
the right to be free from racial discrimination, had been
violated.
School officials were dismissed as defendants last month
after U.S. District Judge Sol Blatt Jr. ruled they enjoyed
qualified immunity.