Legal Opinion
Gorum v. Sessoms
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 27, 2009No. 17-3205PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
Wendell Gorum, Ph.D., appeals the District Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Allen Sessoms, Ph.D., President of Delaware State University (“DSU”), and the DSU Board of Trustees (the “Board”). 1 Gorum alleged that Sessoms retaliated against him for engaging in speech and association protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. 2 For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the District Court.
I. Factual and Procedural Background
DSU is a public institution governed by the Board. Sessoms served as its President…
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