LEVIN v. HARLESTON

No. 90 CIV 6123 (KC).

770 F.Supp. 895 (1991)

Professor Michael LEVIN, Plaintiff, v. Bernard W. HARLESTON, President of the City College of the City University of New York, individually and in his official capacity; and Paul Sherwin, Dean of the City College of the City University of New York, individually and in his official capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

September 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott M. Univer, New York City, for plaintiff.

Clement J. Colucci, NYS Dept. of Law, New York City, for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

CONBOY, District Judge:

This case raises serious constitutional questions that go to the heart of the current national debate on what has come to be denominated as "political correctness"1 in speech and thought on the campuses of the nation's colleges and universities.

A professor who has had tenure for over sixteen years at one of America's most famous institutions...

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