Legal Opinion
San Filippo v. Bongiovanni
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 21, 1994No. 93-5658UnknownCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.
This case, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, arises out of the dismissal by Rutgers University — New Jersey’s principal state institution of higher education — of plaintiff Dr. Joseph San Filippo, who was, until May 13, 1988, a tenured professor of chemistry. The defendants named in this case are Rutgers University and six members of the Rutgers Board of Governors (hereinafter collectively described as “Rutgers”). The district court granted Rutgers’ motion for summary judgment and dismissed Professor San Filippo’s case.
On appeal, San Filippo,…
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