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MAPLES v. MARTIN

No. 87-7553.

858 F.2d 1546 (1988)

Dr. Glennon MAPLES, Dr. Weldon Swinson, Dr. Allen Barbin, Dr. John Turner, Dr. Winfred Shaw, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dr. James MARTIN, individually and as president of Auburn University; Dr. Warren Brandt, individually and as vice president of Academic Affairs of Auburn University; Dr. Lynn Weaver, individually and as Dean of Engineering, Auburn University; Dr. Malcolm J. Crocker, individually and as Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department, Auburn University, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 2, 1988

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian McPhillips, McPhillips, DeBardelaben and Hawthorne, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ann H. Franke, Washington, D.C., for amicus AAUP.

T.W. Thagard, Jr., Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, Ala., M. Stanford Blanton, Balch & Bingham, Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, JOHNSON and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

In 1987, five tenured professors, the appellants,1 were transferred from the Mechanical Engineering Department ("the ME Department") at Auburn University to other engineering departments at Auburn. In this appeal, they challenge the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of four members of the University administration, the appellees,2 after the district court found the...

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