NEWMAN v. BURGIN

No. 90-1739.

930 F.2d 955 (1991)

Anny NEWMAN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Diana BURGIN, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Featherston, Jr. with whom Christopher L. Maclachlan, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Lawrence T. Bench with whom William E. Searson, III, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, and CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.


BREYER, Chief Judge.

In October 1985, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, after considerable investigation and debate, formally "censured" tenured Assistant Professor Anny Newman for "seriously negligent scholarship," amounting, it said, to "objective plagiarism." The University punished her by making her censure public and by disqualifying her for five years from serving as an administrator or a member of various...

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