Legal Opinion
United Carolina Bank, Administrator Cta of the Estate of Seymour I. Somberg, Deceased v. Board of Regents of Stephen F. Austin State University
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 11, 1982No. 80-1624PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:
The Board of Regents of Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA), its president, Dr. William R. Johnson in his official capacity, and four members of the university administration who were sued individually in this section 1983 action appeal from a judgment entered for the plaintiff, Dr. Seymour Somberg. The action was based on the university’s denial of tenure to Som-berg and his loss of the position of professor in the School of Forestry. After a bench trial the court determined that Somberg’s first and fourteenth amendment rights had been violated, that his…
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