Legal Opinion
Dasgupta v. University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 3, 1997No. 96-4152PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
A psychology professor at the Eau Claire branch of the University of Wisconsin claims that the university discriminated against him in pay because of his national origin (he is Bangladeshi), in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and (though this need not be discussed separately) 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district judge granted summary judgment for the defendants.
Dr. Dasgupta claims to have been discriminated against on the basis of his national origin (and his membership in the “brown race,” a biological novelty — the people of the Indian subcontinent are…
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