Legal Opinion
Heiat v. Eastern Montana College
Montana Supreme Court
Decided March 4, 1996No. 94-572PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Leaphart
Nafisseh Heiat appeals from an order of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, granting Eastern Montana College and the Montana Commissioner of Higher Education (EMC) summary judgment, concluding that EMC was not liable for sexual discrimination in employment. We reverse.
The following issue is raised on appeal:
Did the District Court err in granting EMC’s motion for summary judgment?
Plaintiff, Dr. Nafisseh Heiat Ph.D. (Nafisseh), and her husband Dr. Abbas Heiat Ph.D. (Abbas) are employed as associate professors in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems at…
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