Legal Opinion
University of Pennsylvania v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 9, 1990No. 88-493PublishedCited by 610 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
In this case we are asked to decide whether a university enjoys a special privilege, grounded in either the common law or the First Amendment, against disclosure of peer review materials that are relevant to charges of racial or sexual discrimination in tenure decisions.
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The University of Pennsylvania, petitioner here, is a private institution. It currently operates 12 schools, including the Wharton School of Business, which collectively enroll approximately 18,000 full-time students.
In 1985, the University denied tenure to Rosalie Tung, an associate professor on the Wharton faculty. Tung…
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