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HILDEBRAND v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF MICH. STATE U.

No. 80-1618.

662 F.2d 439 (1981)

John R. HILDEBRAND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 19, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 1, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Laing, MacLean, Seaman, Laing & Guilford, Lansing, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant.

Leland W. Carr, Jr., Anderson, Carr, Street & Hornbach, Lansing, Mich., Byron M. Higgins, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., for defendants-appellees.

Before WEICK and KEITH, Circuit Judges, and HORTON, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 1, 1981.

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff John R. Hildebrand was denied tenure at Michigan State University in 1968. Since then, he has tried to reverse his denial of tenure in a variety of forums. The plaintiff claimed that he was denied tenure in retaliation for the exercise of his first amendment rights. The jury below agreed with his claims. The district court overturned the jury's decision and entered judgment...

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