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STONE v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

No. 78-1393.

620 F.2d 526 (1980)

Vernon A. STONE, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF the UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Hue Henry, Athens, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant cross-appellee.

Alfred L. Evans, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees cross-appellants.

Before GEE, TJOFLAT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

The University of Georgia hired Vernon Stone in 1974 as part of the university's effort to strengthen its School of Journalism by appointing three senior professors who would have sufficient scholarly stature to provide leadership in the school. At that time Stone was a teacher at the University of Wisconsin, earning $19,000 per year. Stone's starting salary with the University of Georgia was $30,000 per academic year.

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