Legal Opinion

Adamian v. University of Nevada

District Court, D. Nevada

Decided April 16, 1973No. Civ. R-2530PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROGER D. FOLEY, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff, a tenured professor of English of the University of Nevada, was discharged by action of the University’s Board of Regents for attempting to stop a motorcade and for attempting to disrupt ceremonies of the Governor’s review of ROTC activities, which ceremonies were conducted on the Reno campus of the University.

Plaintiff, alleging that jurisdiction exists under the Civil Rights Act, Title 28, U.S.C., § 1343, and Title 42, U.S.C., § 1983, brought this action against the University of Nevada, the Board of Regents of the University of…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  4. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Wood v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Kenneth Donaldson v. J. B. O'connor, M.D. And John Gumanis, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  3. George Arthur v. Ewald P. NyquistCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
  4. Owen v. City of IndependenceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
  5. Donald Duane Johnson and Leo Roll v. Ronald Reagan, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975

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