Legal Opinion

Kathleen Kelleher v. Peter Flawn, Gerhard Fonken, Robert King, Joseph Horn, and Charles Cnudde

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 3, 1985No. 83-1871PublishedCited by 97 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:

Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Kathleen Kelle-her, a graduate student and assistant instructor in the Government Department of the University of Texas at Austin, brought this action against various officials of the University. She claims she was denied rights guaranteed her under the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution when she was reassigned from a teaching position to a position in which she was not primarily responsible for the teaching of a course. We affirm the district court’s judgment in favor of all defendants.

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Kelleher held the position of…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by97 opinions

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  4. Norman Jett v. Dallas Independent School District and Frederick ToddCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  5. Huang v. Board Of Governors Of The University Of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990

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