Legal Opinion
Marcus B. Feldman v. Art Bahn
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 9, 1994No. 93-1908PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
While serving as an assistant professor of mathematics at Southern Illinois University, Marcus B. Feldman accused a colleague of plagiarism. Chung Wu Ho, the chairman of the department, recommended that Feld-man’s contract not be renewed, and other officials in the University went along; meanwhile the object of Feldman’s accusation received tenure. Feldman began this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against everyone in sight: Ho, three members of a grievance committee that declined to overrule Ho’s recommendation, the provost and president of the University, and the…
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