Legal Opinion
Jacobs v. Stratton
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided August 20, 1980No. 12747PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SOSA, Chief Justice.
This suit was brought in state court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976). The judgment of the trial court was appealed to the Court of Appeals. This Court granted certiorari.
Jacobs, plaintiff in this case, was an assistant professor in the College of Business at Eastern New Mexico University for the academic years between 1970 and 1975. He did not have tenure, but was employed by virtue of year to year contracts. During those years he published a series of articles in the student and local newspapers which were critical of the administration of the University and engaged…
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