Legal Opinion
Cohen v. Illinois Institute of Technology
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 28, 1975No. 74-1930PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEVENS, Circuit Judge.
This is the first case in which this circuit has been asked to decide whether the executives of a private university, which allegedly discriminated against women in the appointment, retention and compensation of its faculty, were acting under color of state law within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 19831 or were participating in a conspiracy prohibited by § 1985(3).2 The appeal is from an order dismissing a complaint alleging detailed facts which we assume to be true.
For five years, commencing in the fall of 1966, plaintiff served as an Assistant Professor in the Department…
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- Abramson v. University of HawaiiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
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