Legal Opinion
Wright v. Howard University
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 14, 2013No. 12-CV-110PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLEESE, Associate Judge:
Howard University denied Dr. Louis Wright’s application for tenure. Dr. Wright filed suit, alleging breach of contract and of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The trial court granted Howard’s motion for summary judgment, finding that Dr. Wright’s contract claims were time-barred and that Dr. Wright’s implied-covenant claim did not raise a genuine dispute of material fact. Dr. Wright challenges both rulings on appeal. We affirm.
I
The basic facts are undisputed. Dr. Wright began working as a lecturer in the *751Political Science Department at Howard in…
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