Legal Opinion
Johnson v. University of Puerto Rico
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 18, 2013No. 12-1621PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
In 2009, Christine Johnson, an instructor in graphics, was denied a tenure-track position in the Engineering Department at the University of Puerto Rico’s Mayaguez Campus (“UPR”). Three others did receive tenure-track positions: one woman and two men, all of whom had Ph.D.’s, as the position description required. Johnson did not have a Ph.D. and did not accept offers by UPR to pay for her to get one.
Johnson filed administrative discrimination (gender and national origin) charges, followed by a Title VII lawsuit, against UPR. The district court granted summary judgment for…
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