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Churchill v. University of Colorado at Boulder

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided September 10, 2012No. 11SC25PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bender

T1 In this appeal, we review the court of appeals' opinion in Churchill v. Univ. of Colo. at Boulder, - P.3d -, 2010 WL 5099682 (Colo.App.2010). The underlying civil action involves claims brought by Professor Ward Churchill pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2011) after his tenured employment was terminated by the Board of Regents of the University of Colorado. Churchill alleges that the Regents violated his constitutionally protected free speech rights by initiating an investigation into his academic integrity and by terminating his tenured employment in retaliation for his publication of a…

2Cases cited62 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Pearson v. CallahanSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  4. Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by36 opinions

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