Legal Opinion
Tacka v. Georgetown University
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 30, 2001No. 99-0465-LFOPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
The plaintiff in this case, Philip Tacka, a professor of music, is suing Georgetown University for defamation and breach of contract in connection with a failed application for tenure. Tacka’s tenure application was voted upon and denied after an outside evaluator claimed that he had engaged in plagiarism. Georgetown ulti mately found the allegations of plagiarism to be unfounded, and granted Tacka tenure the following year.
The university seeks summary judgment on the breach of contract claim, arguing that it adhered to procedures in the…
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