Legal Opinion
Martin Joseph Kilcoyne v. Robert Morgan, Chairman, Board of Trustees, East Carolina University, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 27, 1981No. 81-1069PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Per curiam
The extent of the Fourteenth Amendment’s role in faculty tenure and promotion procedures at State colleges and universities is questioned by this appeal. The facts of the immediate controversy follow.
I
During the academic years from July 1969 to May 1973, appellant Martin Joseph Kilcoyne was a non-tenured member of the faculty of East Carolina University (ECU), a member institution of the greater University of North Carolina. As stipulated by the parties, his employment contract with ECU incorporated the following provision of the Faculty Manual: “The Department Chairman will inform the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
- Dorothy Jeffries v. Turkey Run Consolidated School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- Clark v. WhitingCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
- Mary B. Sigmon v. William E. Poe, IndividuallyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Leonard Levitt v. The University of Texas at El Paso and Haskell Monroe, Individually and as Representative of UtepCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Wallace v. Casa Grande Union High School District No. 82Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1995
- Kovats v. Rutgers, The State UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
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