SPINAR v. SOUTH DAKOTA BD. OF REGENTS

No. 85-5417.

796 F.2d 1060 (1986)

Leo H. SPINAR, Appellant, v. SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF REGENTS; William J. Srstka, Jr.; Michelle Tapken; Howard Owens; Frederick Cozad; Howard Levi; Margerie Mortimer; Betty Redfield; Bonnie Sivage; Dennis McFarland, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark F. Marshall, Rapid City, S.D., for appellant.

Terry N. Prendergast, Sioux Falls, S.D. and Gary E. Davis, Gregory, S.D., for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Leo H. Spinar, formerly an administrator at South Dakota State University and currently a full professor there, has brought this action seeking damages against the South Dakota Board of Regents (Board) and its members in their individual capacities (Regents) for wrongfully terminating his employment as an administrator. His complaint asserts deprivations of his constitutional rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 as well as several pendent...

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