Legal Opinion
Goodkind v. University of Minnesota
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 15, 1988No. C3-86-1172PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WAHL, Justice.
Dr. Richard Goodkind, a tenured professor at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, commenced this action alleging breach of contract by the University of Minnesota for failure to appoint him to the position of chairperson of the Department of Fixed Prosthodontics within the School of Dentistry after a search committee had recommended Goodkind for the position. The trial court granted Goodkind’s motion for summary judgment, finding that the provisions of the Constitution of the School of Dentistry relating to the hiring of department chairpersons were a part of…
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