Legal Opinion
Rubinstein v. Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 6, 2000No. 98-30777PublishedCited by 220 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Professor Asher Rubinstein filed a Title VII and related state-law lawsuit against Tulane University, his employer, in October, 1995, asserting several grounds for relief of discriminatory and retaliatory employment decisions made against him. The district court granted summary judgment on all claims, except a later-added claim of retaliation for the 1997 school year. This issue was submitted to a jury and the jury awarded $2500 in compensatory damages and $75,000 in punitive damages. The district court then entered judgment for Rubinstein in the aforementioned…
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