Legal Opinion
Clark v. Whiting
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1979No. 77-2298PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
This is a § 1983, 42 U.S.C. action by an associate professor of biology at North Carolina Central University who complains of the denial of his several requests for academic promotion to a full professorship. To his alleged constitutional claim under § 1983, he has added a pendent state action in libel and slander.1 ‘ The district court dismissed the constitutional claim on jurisdictional grounds. The dismissal of the non-constitutional pendent action followed as a matter of course. From this dismissal the plaintiff has appealed.
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2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by65 opinions
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- Smith v. University of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
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- Coleen R. Roberts v. College of the Desert, C.A. Patterson, and Fern StoutCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Charles I. Dorsett v. Board of Trustees for State Colleges & UniversitiesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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