Legal Opinion
Dr. Kenneth A. Megill v. Board of Regents of the State of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 1, 1976No. 74-3273PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff, a university professor, brought this civil rights action against the State Board of Regents for refusing to grant him tenure, alleging that in denying him tenure the defendants subjected him to a deprivation of his constitutional rights of free speech and due process. We affirm the district court’s denial of relief to the professor on the ground that there was no violation of his federal rights.
Although this ease was orally argued in November 1975, we postponed decision in the case to consider fully the Supreme Court’s decision in Bishop v. Wood, - U.S. -, 96…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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- Geraldine POWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Curtis W. Caine, Jr., M.D. v. M.D. Hardy, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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