Legal Opinion
S.R. Seshadri v. Masoud Kasraian
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 3, 1997No. 97-1610PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
A professor of electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsin appeals from the dismissal on summary judgment of his suit against a former graduate student for copyright infringement and against university officials for employment discrimination. This curious combination of claims comes about as follows. Seshadri, the plaintiff, and Kasrai-an, the graduate student, had a falling out over a paper that Seshadri had submitted under both their names for publication in the Journal of Applied Physics. Seshadri accused Kasraian of academic misconduct. Cleared of the charge…
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