Legal Opinion

Elizabeth Anna Duke v. North Texas State University

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 10, 1973No. 71-3198PublishedCited by 103 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge;

Mrs. Elizabeth Anna Duke filed this complaint on May 13, 1971, against North Texas State University1 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 19812 and 1983 3, alleging that the University violated her *832First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights pertaining to freedom of speech and due process of law when it withdrew an offer to employ her as a teaching assistant for the academic year of 1970-71. After a hearing, the District Court, 338 F.Supp. 990, entered a preliminary injunction on September 1, 1971, ordering defendants to reinstate Mrs. Duke as a teaching assistant. We reverse.

Mrs…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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3Cited by103 opinions

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  3. Raymond J. Gorman, III v. University of Rhode IslandCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
  4. Click v. CopelandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
  5. Jimmie McBee v. Jim Hogg County, Texas and Gilbert Ybanez, Javier Alfonso Hinojosa v. Jim Hogg County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984

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