Legal Opinion
Tonkovich v. Kansas Board of Regents
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 26, 1998No. 96-3402, 96-3403, 96-3404, 96-3405, 96-3406, 96-3407, 96-3408PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENRY, Circuit Judge.
This is a consolidation of seven separate appeals spawned by one district court case. Professor Emil Tonkovich, a law professor at the University of Kansas School of Law (“the Law School”), filed a complaint challenging his dismissal, alleging under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that the University violated his First Amendment speech rights, and his Fourteenth Amendment due process and equal protection rights. He also alleged several state claims, which are not before us. Although the district court granted the defendants’ motions to dismiss based on qualified immunity with respect to…
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