Legal Opinion
Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 29, 1972No. 71-162PublishedCited by 13,824 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
In 1968 the respondent, David Roth, was hired for his first teaching job as assistant professor of political science at Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh. He was hired for a fixed term of one academic year. The notice of his faculty appointment specified that his employment would begin on September 1, 1968, and would end on June 30, 1969.1 The respondent completed that term. But he was informed that he would not be rehired for the next academic year.
The respondent had no tenure rights to continued employment. Under Wisconsin statutory law a state university teacher can acquire tenure as a…
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- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by13,824 opinions
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