Legal Opinion
Kemit Mawakana v. Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 14, 2019No. 18-7059PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Karen LeCraft Henderson, Circuit Judge:
Law professor Kemit Mawakana was denied tenure and terminated by his employer, the University of the District of Columbia. He sued the University's Board of Trustees, claiming the University discriminated against him based on race and violated both the terms and spirit of its contract with him. The district court granted the University's motion for summary judgment as to each count of Mawakana's complaint. Mawakana appealed as to three counts. We now reverse as to those counts.
I. BACKGROUND
In 2006, Mawakana, 1 a black male, was hired by the University of…
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