GOSS v. SAN JACINTO JUNIOR COLLEGE

No. 76-3723.

588 F.2d 96 (1979)

Patsy GOSS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SAN JACINTO JUNIOR COLLEGE, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Granted April 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Jeff Crane, Jr., Houston, Tex., Stanley D. Baskin, Pasadena, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Larry Watts, Houston, Tex., David Rubin, Ellen Faith Hanna, Stephen J. Pollak, Richard M. Sharp, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before INGRAHAM, GEE and FAY, Circuit Judges.


INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:

This case arose out of the non-renewal of the teaching contract of an untenured public junior college instructor. Mrs. Patsy Goss brought suit against San Jacinto Junior College, the Board of Regents, certain administrators and faculty members, and the President, Dr. Thomas Spencer, in his individual capacity, alleging that she was denied renewal of her contract in retaliation for her exercise of First Amendment rights. A jury verdict was...

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