Legal Opinion
Soni v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF U. OF TENN.
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided February 21, 1974No. Civ. A. 8378PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Dr. Raj P. Soni, a former nontenured professor with the Department of Mathematics of the University of Tennessee, brought this action against the University claiming he was not accorded procedural due process under the Fourteenth Amendment when the University refused to renew his contract without sufficient notice of charges against him and without a sufficient hearing. Plaintiff’s principal claim is premised on the companion cases of Board of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564, 92 S.Ct. 2701, 33 L.Ed.2d 548 (1972), and Perry v. Sindermann, 408…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Phyllis B. Hetrick v. Robert R. Martin, President of Eastern Kentucky University, and the Board of Regents of Eastern Kentucky UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Zimmerer v. SpencerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Lukac v. AcocksCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Nancy Wolf v. City of Fitchburg and G. Jean SeilingCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Dr. Raj P. Soni v. Board of Trustees of the University of TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- Clarke v. West Virginia Board of RegentsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
- Smith v. GreeneWashington Supreme Court · 1976
- Gross v. University of TennesseeDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1978
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