RIGGIN v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES

No. 1-1084A240.

499 N.E.2d 243 (1986)

Richard E. RIGGIN, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES of Ball State University, and Robert P. Bell, As President of Ball State University, Appellees (Defendants below). Richard E. Riggin, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. Board of Trustees of Ball State University, Dr. R. Thomas Wright, Dr. Thomas Mertens, Dr. Paul W. Parkison, Dr. Marvin R. Gray, and Dr. John P. Strouse, As Members of the Hearing Committee of the University Senate Judicial Committee; and Robert P. Bell, As President of Ball State University, Appellees (Defendants below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

November 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Kent Newton, Beth H. Henkel, Bayh, Tabbert & Capehart, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Jon H. Moll, Thomas C. Pence, DeFur, Voran, Hanley, Radcliff & Reed, Muncie, for appellees.

James E. Sullivan, Robert D. Hepburn, Cox, Zwerner, Gambill & Sullivan, Terre Haute, for amicus curiae Indiana State University.


ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SHEPARD, Justice, dissenting from denial of transfer.

The Court's decision not to address the issues presented by this appeal will doubtless generate additional litigation for our state's universities and many other public institutions. By declining to take the time to provide final answers on extremely important questions of wide public interest, we play less than the role which the Indiana Constitution assigns to us.

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