STERN v. SHOULDICE

No. 81-1156.

706 F.2d 742 (1983)

Robert STERN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenneth SHOULDICE, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 15, 1983.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Clevenger, Donald E. Shelton, Ann Arbor, Mich., Bryon H. Higgins (argued), East Lansing, Mich., for defendants-appellants.

Nino Green (argued), Escanaba, Mich., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KEITH and CONTIE, Circuit Judges, and MORTON, Chief District Judge.


CONTIE, Circuit Judge.

This is the rehearing of an appeal by Dr. Kenneth Shouldice and Dr. Leon Linderoth of a district court judgment rendering them liable for instigating the termination of Dr. Robert Stern, an assistant professor of speech and drama at Lake Superior State College in Michigan. Stern sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that he was denied academic tenure in retaliation for exercising first amendment rights. The jury awarded damages to Stern...

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