Sengupta v. University of Alaska

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Mritunjoy Sengupta was terminated for cause by the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1995. In 2002 he unsuccessfully sought reemployment with the university. Sengupta then sued the university and related parties (collectively the university or UAF) for refusing to rehire him. He contended that UAF could not base its refusal to rehire him on his previous termination because that termination was improper for various reasons. Sengupta also claimed that UAF’s refusal to rehire him violated the First Amendment, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act,…