Legal Opinion
Charles I. Dorsett v. Board of Trustees for State Colleges & Universities
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 26, 1991No. 90-4681PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUHÉ, Circuit Judge.
Claiming retaliation based on the exercise of his first amendment rights, a tenured professor at a state university sued several university officials for harassment. Because the district court concluded that the speech at issue did not address a matter of public concern, it granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. We affirm.
FACTS
Dorsett, a tenured associate math professor at Louisiana Tech University, sought injunctive relief and damages against several of the university’s present and former faculty members and officers. The complaint alleged that his claims…
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