Nicholas v. Pennsylvania State University

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALITO, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Dr. W. Channing Nicholas, was fired from his tenured professorship at Pennsylvania State University following a series of run-ins with his new supervisor, Dr. William Evans. Nicholas brought suit against the University and Evans alleging, inter alia, violation of procedural and substantive due process, retaliatory firing in violation of the First Amendment, and breach of contract. The District Court determined that the University had breached Nicholas’s tenure contract, but entered judgment in favor of the defendants on all other counts.

Nicho…