Legal Opinion
Dennis Edinger v. Board of Regents of Morehead State University
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 2, 1990No. 89-5532PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.
Dr. Dennis Edinger, Ph.D., appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the Board of Regents of Morehead State University (MSU) in this action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged denial of procedural due process. Because we agree with the district court that Dr. Ed-inger lacks a protected property interest in continued employment at MSU, we affirm.
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Dr. Edinger began employment with MSU in January 1979 as an associate professor of education. His employment was on a non-tenure-track basis for the first year and a half. In August 1980, Dr.…
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