Legal Opinion
Whitaker v. Board of Higher Ed. of City of New York
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 17, 1978No. 77 C 2258PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum of Decision and Order
MISHLER, Chief Judge.
Seeking both injunctive and monetary relief, plaintiff, a former professor of African Studies at Brooklyn College, commenced this suit against the College, several members of its faculty and administration, and the Board of Higher Education, charging that the defendants violated 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794 (section 504). Specifically, the plaintiff claims that the defendants’ conduct, which culminated in their decisions to deny him tenure and to prohibit him from using the title…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Cort v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Miener v. State Of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Walter Camenisch v. The University of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Clinton C. Simpson v. Reynolds Metals Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Hazlett v. Martin Chevrolet, Inc.Ohio Supreme Court · 1986
- William Morrison Smith v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
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