Sadid v. Idaho State University

EISMANN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment dismissing a complaint by an engineering professor who alleged that Idaho State University had retaliated against him because of his comments criticizing the administration that had been published in a local newspaper over several years and that the University had breached his employment contract. We affirm the summary judgment, but remand for determination of reasonable attorney fees on the breach of contract claim.

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Factual Background

Habib Sadid (“Plaintiff’) was a tenured professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Idaho…