Legal Opinion
Mary H. Kaprelian v. Texas Woman's University
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 5, 1975No. 74--1503PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
This is a teacher discharge case in the Roth-Sindermann 1 vein.
Plaintiff Mary Kaprelian was employed by defendant Texas Woman’s University (TWU) for the academic year commencing September 1970, primarily to teach modern dance. Formally, she was to be an assistant professor in the College of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, of which defendant Anne Schley Duggan was Dean. The record hints that Dean Duggan, under whose long guidance the department had become a college with a national reputation and who was nearing retirement, may have seen in Dr. Kaprelian a fitting…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Goss v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Wisconsin v. ConstantineauSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- William C. Ferguson v. Alvin I. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- Ernest Leon Clemons v. Dougherty County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Donald F. Buxton v. City of Plant City, Florida, Troy E. Surrency, Individually, Troy E. Surrency, in His Official CapacityCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Thurston v. DekleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Kathleen Kelleher v. Peter Flawn, Gerhard Fonken, Robert King, Joseph Horn, and Charles CnuddeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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