Legal Opinion
Guatam Batra Michael Resch Nisar Shaikh v. Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska Graham B. Spanier Stanley R. Liberty
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1996No. 95-1600PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in this lawsuit are former tenure-track assistant professors at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. They brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the Board of Regents and certain University officials (collectively the “University”) violated plaintiffs’ due process and equal protection rights by denying tenure and refusing to renew their employment contracts. Plaintiffs appeal the district court’s 1 dismissal of their elaims, granted after the University moved for summary judgment. We affirm.
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