CORSTVET v. BOGER

No. 83-1124.

757 F.2d 223 (1985)

Richard E. CORSTVET, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. Lawrence BOGER, President, Oklahoma State University, in his official capacity; Patrick Morgan, Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, in his official and individual capacity; Carolyn Savage, Chairman, Byrle Killian, Vice-Chairman, Jack Craig, Edwin Ketchum, H. Harber Lampl, Ed Long, Rusty Martin, Dr. John Montgomery, and Robert Robbins, Members of Oklahoma State University Board of Regents, in their official capacities and individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

March 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis W. Bullock of Bullock & Bullock, Tulsa, Okl., for plaintiff-appellant.

H. Leonard Court of Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, Okl. (Charles E. Drake, General Counsel, Okl. State University, Stillwater, Okl., and Tom L. King of King, Roberts & Beeler, Oklahoma City, Okl., with him on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before BARRETT, Circuit Judge, and BREITENSTEIN and DOYLE, Senior Circuit Judges.


BARRETT, Circuit Judge.

Richard E. Corstvet (Corstvet) appeals from a jury verdict finding that he was afforded due process in his termination as a fully tenured professor in the college of veterinary medicine at Oklahoma State University (OSU). Corstvet was terminated by OSU's regents in accordance with a recommendation made by OSU's president that Corstvet be terminated for his participation in an act of moral turpitude.

Corstvet initiated this civil rights...

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