By Signe K. Skinion

SIUC will return to court Feb. 28 for not complying with a state court preliminary injunction, a local landlord says.

Stan Lieber, landlord of Stevenson Arms, 600 W. Mill St., and an SIUC geography professor, said Thursday the University sent his daughter some enrollment information that proves SIUC administrators are not complying with a December preliminary injunction.

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He said the matter is scheduled to be heard again Feb. 28 if SIUC is not in compliance with the court order.

The information Lieber’s daughter, who has applied for admission to SIUC, received was an enrollment packet that did not state the option of prospective freshmen to live in off-campus housing facilities, such as Stevenson Arms, which the court has ordered.

Lieber said his attorney, Thomas Peters, will wait until the University goes to court before anything is done on Stevenson Arms’ part.

After the 14th day, Tom (Peters) will go to the judge and request a citation for contempt, Lieber said.

Peters was unavailable for comment Sunday.

University officials said they are unable to comment on the alleged violation while litigation is pending.

Definitely we’ll be going back to court for a hearing on the discovery motion, Lieber said. And then, we’ll see how much the University is dragging their feet.

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The Dec. 14 preliminary injunction ordered SIUC to discontinue telling prospective freshmen that unless they are married, over-21 or living with their parents, they must live in on-campus, University-owned housing.

The court said the University must return to the old freshman housing policy that allows freshman to live in either University-owned housing or off-campus University approved facilities, such as Stevenson Arms.

On Wednesday, the 20th Circuit Court in St. Claire County ruled in a discovery motion telling SIUC to release the names and addresses of students who have applied to the University since August to local landlords while a court preliminary injunction is pending.