Legal Opinion
Franklin v. Leland Stanford Junior University
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 20, 1985No. A014999PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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AGLIANO, J.
This appeal by plaintiff H. Bruce Franklin challenges the judgment of the trial court upholding plaintiff’s dismissal by his former employer, Leland Stanford Junior University (University). The underlying dispute dates back to a time of protest against the Vietnam war. More specifically, it concerns plaintiff’s conduct on February 10, 1971. He was then, as he described himself, a leader of the local antiwar movement, his stature deriving partly from his tenured position as an associate professor of English. This action,1 filed August 15, 1972, challenges his dismissal from…
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