Gras v. Clark

Plaintiff, who had been a tenured professor at Elmhurst CoUege, sued to enjoin violation of her employment contract and to recover damages. Defendants pleaded a written resignation which plaintiff had submitted on November 1, 1972, to be effective at the end of the 1973-74 academic year. Further pleadings showed that plaintiff had notified the defendants in August of 1973 that she was withdrawing her resignation but that defendants advised her that she would not be allowed to do so. Defendants’ motion for summary judgment was granted, based upon the pleadings, affidavits and a transcript of…