Legal Opinion
University of Nevada v. Tarkanian
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided July 7, 1994No. 23494PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This litigation between basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian (Tarkanian) and his former employers — the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and its Board of Regents (collectively referred to as UNLV) — has had a long and tortuous history. It began in 1977, when the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) concluded that Coach Tarkanian had violated numerous NCAA rules and urged UNLV to suspend him from his coaching duties.
Coach Tarkanian responded by filing this lawsuit, in which he ultimately sued both UNLV and the NCAA for allegedly violating his federal due process rights. See 42…
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