Legal Opinion
Mayberry v. Dees
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 5, 1981No. Nos. 79-1204, 79-1205PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
I
The Factual Setting
A. The parties and prior developments.
East Carolina University (the University) is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina, and, as such, is a state agency. MacDonald v. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 299 N.C. 457, 263 S.E.2d 578 (1980). The University employed Robert J. Mayberry, the holder of a Ph.D. degree,1 as an assistant professor of romance languages 2 commencing in the fall of 1967. His was a probationary status, the initial appointment being for a period of one year,3 with successive automatic renewals…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by35 opinions
- North Dakota State University, an Agency of the State of North Dakota, Appellee v. United States of America, Appellant/ Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- McGill v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1996
- Siu v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Wrenn v. State of Kan.District Court, D. Kansas · 1983
- Johns Hopkins University v. RitterCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1997
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