Petroni v. Board of Regents

OPINION

RICHMOND, Judge.

Appellant Frank Petroni was employed in 1970 for a term of one year as an assistant professor in the department of sociology at the University of Arizona, and served in that capacity through the academic year 1974-75 under a series of annual renewals of his contract. During 1973-74 he was denied promotion and tenure. Appellants thereafter commenced an action in four counts based on events surrounding the decision denying promotion and tenure. The first three counts sought damages on the various theories of defamation, deprivation of civil rights, and tortious…