Legal Opinion
Avins v. Hannum
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 21, 1980No. Civ. A. 79-89PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROTMAN, District Judge. 1
This is an unusual case brought by the founder and former dean of a law school presenting an interesting exercise in the application of the principles of federal jurisdiction worthy of a law school class in civil procedure. The action was instituted by Alfred Avins, Esquire, who founded and served as the first dean of Delaware Law School (DLS), 2 setting forth a diverse collection of claims arising from several events, including the accreditation process for DLS, the affiliation of DLS with Widener College (Widener), the resignation of plaintiff as dean of…
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