State Ex Rel. Keeney v. Ayers

Mr. Justice Morris :

I dissent. At the outset I deem it well to take some notice of the agitation that has maintained to a greater or less extent ever since Professor Keeney was refused reappointment upon the termination of his contract September 1, 1937. Such agitation has arisen from the presumption that the professor was not reappointed by reason of the fact that he appears to have been the leader in organizing the instructors at the University into an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor. The Attorney General testified that he had championed Professor Keeney’s cause at the request…