Habib Sadid v. Idaho State University

W. JONES, Justice.

I. Nature op the Case

Appellant, Habib Sadid, a former tenured professor of civil engineering at Idaho State University, appeals the Industrial Commission’s Order reversing the Department of Labor Appeals Examiner’s grant of unemployment benefits to Sadid after Sadid was terminated by Idaho State University.

II. Factual and Procedural Background

Professor Habib Sadid was a tenured professor of civil engineering at Idaho State University (“ISU”). ISU is a government entity. I.C. § 33-3003. In the years preceding Sadid’s dismissal from ISU, he became openly critical of ISU, and…