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SAINT FRANCIS COLLEGE v. AL-KHAZRAJI

No. 85-2169.

481 U.S. 604 (1987)

SAINT FRANCIS COLLEGE ET AL. v. AL-KHAZRAJI, AKA ALLAN

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nick S. Fisfis argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioners.

Caroline Mitchell argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Julius LeVonne Chambers and Eric Schnapper.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee by James G. Abourezk; for the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith et al. by Gregg H. Levy, Mitchell F. Dolin, Meyer Eisenberg, David Brody, Edward N. Leavy, Steven M. Freeman, Jill L. Kahn, Robert S. Rifkind, Samuel Rabinove, Richard T. Foltin, Eileen Kaufman, Harold R. Tyler, James Robertson, Norman Redlich, William L. Robinson, Judith A. Winston, Joseph A. Morris, and Grover G. Hankins; and for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund et al. by Barry Sullivan, William D. Snapp, Antonia Hernandez, E. Richard Larson, and Kenneth Kimerling.

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent, a citizen of the United States born in Iraq, was an associate professor at St. Francis College, one of the petitioners here. In January 1978, he applied for tenure; the Board of Trustees denied his request on February 23, 1978. He accepted a 1-year, nonrenewable contract and sought administrative reconsideration of the tenure decision, which was denied on February...

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