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· 12/21/1979

James McElearney v. University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Campus, J. E. Corbally, President, Andd. H. Riddle, Chancellor

Citations

  • 612 F.2d 285
  • 1979 U.S. App. LEXIS 9448

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Academic freedom does not empower a professor to dictate to the University what research will be done using the school’s facilities.”
  • the fact that defendants voluntarily afforded plaintiff a grievance hearing and internal appellate review was insufficient to invoke federal constitutional protections for defects in the hearing process
  • “Academic freedom does not empower a professor to dictate to the University what research will be done using the school’s facilities.”
  • “Academic freedom does not empower a professor to dictate to the University what research will be done using the school’s facilities.”
  • due process claim by non-tenured college professor
  • statements of counsel or oral argument

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Judges: Swygert, Sprecher, Bauer

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