Legal Opinion
Packer v. Trustees of Indiana University School of Medicine
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 28, 2015No. 15-1095PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
This case is yet another cautionary tale about the consequences of not properly responding to a motion for summary judgment. Dr. Subah Packer was discharged from a tenured position at the Indiana University School of Medicine based on what the University says was a persistent failure to meet expectations, particularly with respect to publication and securing grant money for her research. Packer contends that the official rationale for her discharge is a mere pretext for sex discrimination, and that the dean of the medical school had long sought her discharge after he was…
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