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TROTMAN v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY

No. 79-2490.

635 F.2d 216 (1980)

C. James TROTMAN, Mary Farrell, Andrew Murray, Virginia Gunn, Thomas Jones, Julius Bellone, Deforest Rudd, Peter F. Hoffer, Donald Pierce, Richard Winchester, William T. Johnson, Edward B. Groff, and Leland Smucker, Appellants, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LINCOLN UNIVERSITY of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Lincoln University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, and Herman Branson, individually and as President of Lincoln University.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 25, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Kairys (argued), Kairys, Rudovsky & Maguigan, John A. Beck, Bronstein & Beck, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

J. Freedley Hunsicker, Jr. (argued), Francis J. Connell III, Cynthia J. Giles, Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before GIBBONS, WEIS and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

It is unfortunate that resort to the courts has been deemed necessary in a case of this kind. Almost all litigation between individuals has an emotional aspect for the parties. But when the controversy arises out of deep divisions in the academic community, as does this one, the judicial process seems particularly inapt. The academic process entails, at its core, open communication leading to reasoned decisions...

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