Legal Opinion

Nwaubani v. Grossman

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided November 25, 2015No. 14-2250PPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of a district court’s decision to combine a preliminary injunction hearing with trial under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(a)(2). We dismiss the appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction.

BACKGROUND

In 2005, Chidiebere Nwaubani (“Nwau-bani”) was hired as the director of the African American Studies Program at the University' of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, and then subsequently also appointed as a tenured Associate Professor in the university’s History Department.

Over the years, Nwaubani’s.relationship with the university got rocky. For our…

2Cases cited6 opinions

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  3. Morales-Feliciano v. RullanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
  4. Sherri A.D. v. KirbyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
  5. Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. ColombaniCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013

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