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Sixth Circuit· 2/17/1989

Parate v. Isibor

Citations

  • 868 F.2d 821
  • 1989 WL 11688

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a university violated the First Amendment when it compelled a Professor to change a grade he assigned to a student
  • holding that universities may sanction professors \whose pedagogical attitudes and teaching methods do not conform to institutional standards.\
  • noting that plaintiff “was not denied the choice of his career, but remains free to pursue his chosen profession at another university”
  • “If [the University] deemed Parate’s grade assignments improper, however, the defendants could have achieved their goals by administratively changing [the student’s] grade.”
  • “the administration of the university rests not with the courts, but with the administrators of the institution.”
  • “The administration of the university rests not with the courts, but with the administrators of the institution.”

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Judges: Jones, Keith, Milburn

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Cites

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