WILLENS v. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

No. 77-1415.

570 F.2d 403 (1978)

Lilian WILLENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

February 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Featherston, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff-appellant.

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

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Circuit Judge.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Willens appeals from a summary judgment in favor of defendant on her denial of tenure claim. We are presented with three issues: (1) did the district court err in finding that plaintiff had no valid contract right to tenure; (2) did the court properly find that plaintiff had not been denied due process; and (3) did the court abuse its discretion in refusing to amend or alter the judgment?

If the court correctly determined that...

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