Legal Opinion
Willis v. Cheek
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 22, 1978No. 11138PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Associate Judge:
Appellant Willis brought an action against Howard University and several of its officials. He charged that the appellees had fraudulently deceived him into believing that his position in the University’s Physical Plant Department was being abolished, leading him to resign after he later became dissatisfied with a reassignment which he felt was unsuited to his skills. Appellant seeks to overturn the trial court’s order which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment We affirm.
The depositions and affidavits in the record indicate that in April of 1971, appellant…
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- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
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