Lassiter v. Alabama A & M University, Board of Trustees

RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge:

This suit involves the termination of plaintiffs employment as a vice-president of a state university. He alleges federal liberty and property interest deprivations under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, and a state law breach of contract claim. This Court previously reversed a summary judgment that had been entered for all the defendants: the Board of Trustees, Trustees, and the President, 861 F.2d 680. The district court, on remand, dismissed the University Board of Trustees and the “official capacity” defendants on Eleventh Amendment immunity grounds. It entered judgment…