Legal Opinion
Kathleen Benison v. George Ross
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 3, 2014No. 13-2554PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J., joined by Sutton, J.,
ALARCÓN, J. (pp. 665-66), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Kathleen Benison was a tenured professor of geology at Central Michigan University (“CMU”). In 2011, Kathleen’s husband Christopher Benison, an undergraduate student at CMU, sponsored a vote of no confidence in the president and provost of the university. Shortly after the vote, in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement negotiated by the CMU faculty, Kathleen took a semester of sabbatical leave for Spring 2012. She agreed that, as a condition of her leave, she would return…
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