Maye v. University of Minnesota

OPINION

STONEBURNER, Judge.

Appellant was a plaintiff in an earlier racial-discrimination lawsuit that settled. In a subsequent action, he alleged that the terms of the settlement contract were breached. The district court dismissed this claim, ruling that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction because a writ of cer-tiorari was the proper way to review the claim. Following a trial on the remaining claim, judgment was entered. This appeal of the dismissal of appellant’s breach of contract claim followed.

FACTS

Appellant Thomas Maye worked as a Protection Services Officer for the University of…