ROEBUCK v. DREXEL UNIVERSITY

No. 87-1301.

852 F.2d 715 (1988)

ROEBUCK, Dr. James R., Appellant, v. DREXEL UNIVERSITY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean R. Sternlight (argued), Alice W. Ballard, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Kathryn H. Levering (argued), James A. Matthews, III, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before SLOVITER, BECKER and COWEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

James R. Roebuck, a disappointed academic tenure candidate, sued his former employer, Drexel University, alleging that but for discrimination on account of his race, he would have acquired tenure. The suit was grounded on both 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (1982) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17 (1982).

In the § 1981 suit the jury found for Roebuck, but...

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