DePuy v. St. John Fisher College

Order insofar as appealed from unanimously reversed on the law without costs and defendants’ motion granted. Memorandum: Five years after his dismissal from the teaching faculty of St. John Fisher College, plaintiff challenged the college faculty and administration to a "teach-in” and offered $2,000 to anyone who could out-teach him. When interviewed by a reporter for the college student newspaper, defendant Cavanaugh, chairman of the English Department, stated, "I frankly am too busy for that kind of nonsense. It just reaches a point when you don’t pay attention to a clown.” This statement…