SPULER v. PICKAR

No. 90-2408.

958 F.2d 103 (1992)

Richard C. SPULER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gertrud B. PICKAR, James H. Pickering, A. Benton Cocanougher, Richard L. Van Horn, and the Board of Trustees of the University of Houston, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David T. Lopez, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

David W. Williams, Lou Bright, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before DAVIS, JONES, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Richard Spuler brought suit against the University of Houston, alleging that he was denied due process of law in being refused tenure and terminated. A jury awarded damages, after finding that Spuler had a reasonable expectation of continued employment and that the defendants acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying tenure and in discharging him. The court granted defendants' motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict...

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