SPARK v. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA

No. 74-1336.

510 F.2d 1277 (1975)

Eli M. SPARK, Appellant, v. The CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin Yourman, Washington, D. C., for appellant; Robert Sheriffs Moss & Associates, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Nicholas D. Ward, Washington, D. C., with whom Stephen A. Trimble, Richard W. Turner and Richard W. Galiher, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs, for appellees.

Before LEVENTHAL, ROBINSON and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a summary judgment dismissing a complaint for lack of federal jurisdiction. Appellant Spark was a Professor of Law employed by appellee Catholic University of America, a private institution. The complaint alleged that he engaged in his first amendment rights to protest certain actions of the Dean of the Law School which lowered admission standards and modified course requirements. It was claimed that as a result of his protests he...

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