Legal Opinion
Howard University v. Roberts-Williams
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 2012No. Nos. 10-CV-474, 10-CV-529PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REID, Senior Judge:
Professor Sybil J. Roberts-Williams filed a lawsuit against her former employer, Howard University (“Howard”), after she was denied tenure as a faculty member in the Department of Theatre Arts. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Howard on three of the special verdict questions, but found that Howard had breached its contractual obligations to Professor Roberts-Williams “by failing to provide her with [1] written biennial evaluations ... [and (2) ] ... a statement of the reasons for the initial negative recommendations and [by] failing] to allow two weeks to request…
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