Legal Opinion
Udc Chairs Chapter, American Association of University Professors v. The Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 20, 1995No. 93-7249PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
Facing a serious financial crisis, the University of the District of Columbia, an independent agency of the D.C. government, implemented a number of cost-saving measures, including a plan to scale back its 1992 summer school program by not extending summer contracts to its department chairpersons. Protesting this sharp departure from a decade-long practice of issuing such contracts, thirty-three of the department chairs filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988). They claimed that the University had deprived them of a…
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