ELLIOTT v. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

No. 84-5692.

766 F.2d 982 (1985)

Robert B. ELLIOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avon N. Williams, Jr. (Lead), Williams & Dinkins, Russell T. Perkins, Judith Reed (argued), Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Alan Parker (Lead) (argued), Associate Gen. Counsel, Beauchamp E. Brogan, Knoxville, Tenn., G. Ray Bratton, Richard Glassman, Glassman, Jeter & Embry, P.C., Memphis, Tenn., George R. Fusner, Jr., White & Reasor, Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

Before KEITH and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.


BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Robert B. Elliott appeals from an order of the district court granting summary judgment to the defendants on his claim that the defendants violated his civil rights.

Elliott is a minority employee of the University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service. He has been employed by the Service since 1966. On December 18, 1981, the Dean of the Service advised Elliott that he was to be terminated from his job due to inadequate...

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