Legal Opinion
Howard University v. Durham
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 9, 1979No. 14078PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Associate Judge:
Appellee, a former Dean of Howard University School of Education and Professor of Education, brought an action against the University seeking damages for an alleged breach of contract of employment. The Superior Court found the contract between the University and the appellee was divisible as to his duties as a tenured professor and those as dean; that appellee resigned from his position as dean but did not resign as an instructor; and that the University breached a provision of the employment contract by summarily terminating appellee
as a professor without affording…
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- Rich v. SillsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1957
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