Legal Opinion
Melvin T. Smith v. Ferron C. Losee
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 22, 1973No. 72-1244PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*336SETH, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division, awarding damages to the appellee in an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The suit was based on plaintiff’s dismissal as an associate professor from a Utah state junior college.
Plaintiff-appellee, Melvin T. Smith, was an associate professor at Dixie Junior College, St. George, Utah. At all times material the college was subject to the management and control of the Utah State Board of Education. Defendant Losee was the President of the college; defendant Barnum was…
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