Lipp v. State

Opinion by

Judge RULAND.

Plaintiff, Richard Lipp, appeals from the trial court’s summary judgment dismissing his complaint against defendants, the State of Colorado, State Board of Agriculture, University of Southern Colorado, Robert C. Shirley, and Keith Lovin. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

Plaintiff was a full-time tenured professor in the English Department at the University of Southern Colorado (USC). In 1985, however, USC decided to implement a reorganization plan which involved, among other things, eliminating remedial reading and remedial English…