SIU v. JOHNSON

No. 83-1785.

748 F.2d 238 (1984)

Victoria Cha-Tsu SIU, Appellant, v. George W. JOHNSON, individually and as president; Averett S. Tombes, individually and as Dean of the Graduate School; David J. King, individually and as Vice President for Academic Affairs; F. Donald Eckelmann, individually and as Dean, Appellees. Virginia Conference of the American Association of University Professors, Amicus Curiae/A.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin P. Lamberton, Washington, D.C. (Hugh B. Gordon, Hewes, Morella, Gelband & Lamberton, P.C., Washington, D.C. on brief), for appellant.

Pamela Sargent, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Doug Rendleman, Williamsburg, Va., on brief for amicus curiae, The Virginia Conference of the American Association of University Professors.

Before PHILLIPS and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Victoria Cha-Tsu Siu (Siu), an assistant professor at George Mason University, a state supported institution of the Commonwealth of Virginia, appeals from the district court's Rule 41(b) dismissal of her action challenging on constitutional grounds the University's failure to promote and grant her tenure. We affirm.

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The essential facts, many of which are stipulated, are as follows. Siu, a Catholic nun and...

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