KEEN v. PENSON

No. 91-2871.

970 F.2d 252 (1992)

Carl KEEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edward M. PENSON, individually and in his capacity as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, a subdivision of the University of Wisconsin System, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Williamson, Jr., argued, Appleton, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Daniel S. Farwell, Office of the Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., Nadim Sahar, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued, Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Milwaukee, Wis., for Edward M. Penson.

Before CUMMINGS, CUDAHY, and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Carl Keen, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh ("UW-Oshkosh"), spent the summer of 1985 attempting to force a "proper" apology from a former student for several comments she made in class, and one comment she made before class. Ironically, Keen now complains because the defendant, UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Edward M. Penson, ordered him to write a letter of apology to the student...

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