TANNER v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, UNIVERSITY OF ILL.

No. 4-83-0425.

121 Ill. App.3d 139 (1984)

459 N.E.2d 324

GERARD E. TANNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied February 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Martinkus, of Erwin, Martinkus, Cole & Ansel, Ltd., of Champaign, for appellant.

Charles L. Palmer, of Franklin, Flynn & Palmer, of Champaign, and James J. Costello and Timothy Madigan, both of Office of University Counsel, of Urbana, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Gerard E. Tanner, appeals a judgment of the circuit court of Champaign County entered on June 1, 1983, after a bench trial, refusing to issue a writ of mandamus ordering defendant, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, to award to plaintiff a degree of doctor of philosophy in business. We affirm.

Plaintiff filed a two-count complaint in the circuit...

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