JOHNSON v. LINCOLN UNIV. OF COM. SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION

No. 85-1068.

776 F.2d 443 (1985)

William T.M. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. LINCOLN UNIVERSITY OF the COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Lincoln University, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania and Herman R. Branson, individually and as President of Lincoln University, Lincoln University, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania and Andrew M. Bradley, Benjamin F. Amos, Carl O. Dickerson, Lynn Marie Fields, Robert T. Freeman, Jr., Maceo W. Hubbard, Dr. Shirley A. Jackson, George M. Leader, Leroy A. Patrick, Leroy Robinson, Jr., Stephen B. Sweeney, John H. Ware, III, Franklin H. Williams, J. Peter Williams, Esq., Vahan H. Gureghian, Esq., Eddison R. Hairston, Jeremiah Heartley, William H. Rivers, Jr., Howard E. Wright, Osmond H. Brown, James D. Barber, Cecil DuBois Gallup, Freeman P. Hankins, Paul McKinney, Charles Bush, Theodore R. Robb, Patricia D. Jacobs, Esq., Gordon Linton, and Dr. Kenneth Sadler, As Trustees of Lincoln University, Lincoln University, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Finch, III (argued), McDaniel, Wheeler & Finch, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Kenneth C. Frazier (argued), J. Freedley Hunsicker, Jr., Horace D. Nalle, Jr., Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before SEITZ, BECKER and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


Opinion of the Court

SEITZ, Circuit Judge.

I.

The plaintiff, Dr. William T.M. Johnson, appeals from a final order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants, Lincoln University, Herman R. Branson, former president of Lincoln University, and the trustees of Lincoln University. Johnson brought this action alleging that his termination by Lincoln violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) by depriving him of rights under...

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