Legal Opinion

Barbara W. Levitt v. University of Texas at El Paso

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 19, 1988No. 87-1182PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Barbara Levitt is the widow of Dr. Leonard Levitt.1 Dr. Levitt was dismissed from employment as a tenured professor of chemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) for misconduct consisting of alleged advances toward one or more of his female students at the university.2

Dr. Levitt brought suit against UTEP and two of its employees in the District Court on March 28, 1983 Levitt I. Judgment was entered in favor of UTEP and both individual defendants on July 17,1984. 590 F.Supp. 902. We affirmed. 759 F.2d 1224 (5th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1034,…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Montana v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by71 opinions

  1. Judy Portis v. First National Bank of New Albany, MsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
  2. Doddy v. Oxy USA, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  3. Lewis E. Johnson v. Dale Atkins, Clerk of Court, Orleans Parish Civil District CourtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  4. Wu v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
  5. Wu v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993

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