Legal Opinion
Easley v. University of Michigan Board of Regents
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided January 29, 1986No. 84-CV-7560-AAPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FEIKENS, Chief Judge.
Kendrix Easley (“Easley”), plaintiff, seeks here to secure a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the University of Michigan Law School over defendants’ objection that he failed to earn the credit hours required for the degree. He brings this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1982, 1983, and the Constitution of the United States and alleges three causes of action. 1 First, he alleges that defendants deprived him of due process by revoking or withholding a J.D. without basis. For this cause of action, he seeks equitable relief, in the form of an injunction ordering…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Regents of the University of Michigan v. EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- William C. Ferguson v. Alvin I. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Dorothy Jeffries v. Turkey Run Consolidated School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Charles v. BaeslerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Kendrix M. Easley v. University of Michigan Board of Regents Terry Sandalow, Individually and as Dean of Law SchoolCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Kashmiri v. Regents of the University of CaliforniaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2007
- Kendrix M. Easley v. University of Michigan Board of Regents Terry Sandalow, Individually, and as Dean of the Law SchoolCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Doe v. Ohio State UniversityDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 2017
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