Montgomery, AL – A lawsuit aimed at getting Joe Reed's name back on the basketball arena at Alabama State University has failed.
Former Alabama State trustee Frankye Underwood had filed a lawsuit accusing the trustees of violating the state's Open Meeting Act when they decided to remove Reed's name from the university's Acadome last year.
Montgomery County Circuit Judge Truman Hobbs Jr. ruled Wednesday there was no evidence of a violation.
Reed is chairman of black wing of the Alabama Democratic Party and associate executive secretary of the Alabama Education Association. The trustees voted to take his name off the arena after he challenged the severance pay for former Alabama State President Joe Lee.
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