Legal Opinion
Morris v. Clifford
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1990No. 89-5165PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Senior District Judge.
Defendants appeal from the district court’s1 denial of their motion for summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds. Because we agree with the district court’s conclusion that genuine issues of material fact exist concerning whether qualified immunity shields defendants from liability for actions taken to cause the discharge of plaintiff, a tenured faculty member at the University of North Dakota, we affirm.
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Plaintiff Clyde Morris became a tenured faculty member in the field of educational administration at the University of North Dakota (UND) in 1966. He…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Corum v. University of North CarolinaSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1992
- Livingood v. MeeceNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991
- San Filippo v. BongiovanniCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- North Dakota State University, an Agency of the State of North Dakota, Appellee v. United States of America, Appellant/ Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- Thompson v. PetersonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1996
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