Legal Opinion
Isaacs v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF TEMPLE UNIV., ETC.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 11, 1974No. Civ. A. 73-1992PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs, Mark and Margaret Isaacs, filed this action subsequent to the termination of their employment as faculty members in the School of Communications and Theatre of Temple University —of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (hereinafter “Temple”). In their complaint, they invoked the jurisdiction of this Court pursuant to 28 U. S.C. § 1343(3) and (4) (1970) and specified provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 (1970), and alleged that the defendants in this action, Temple’s Board of Trustees and…
2Cases cited60 opinions
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- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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- Moose Lodge No. 107 v. IrvisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by43 opinions
- State v. SchmidSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
- Braden v. University of PittsburghCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Georgia Mae Downs v. Roberta SawtelleCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Cohen v. Illinois Institute of TechnologyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Henderson v. FisherCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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