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LEVER v. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

No. 91-3571.

979 F.2d 552 (1992)

Janet LEVER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard L. Cavise, Chicago, Ill., argued, for plaintiff-appellant Janet Lever.

Lawrence I. Kipperman (argued), Patrick S. Casey, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., Martha P. Mandel, Evanston, Ill., for defendant-appellee Northwestern University.

Lawrence I. Kipperman, Patrick S. Casey, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees Raymond Mack and Rudolph Weingartner.

Gwendolyn Young Reams, Carolyn L. Wheeler, Donald R. Livingston, Susan Starr (argued), E.E.O.C. Office of Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae E.E.O.C.

Ann Franke, Mark D. Laponsky, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae American Ass'n of University Professors.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge, and WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Janet Lever, an assistant professor of sociology at Northwestern University, was considered for tenure during the 1979-80 academic year, her sixth with the University. Her department unanimously recommended promotion to associate professor, but the Committee on Promotions and Tenure of the College of Arts and Sciences fell one vote short of the two-thirds needed to recommend tenure. On May 5, 1980, Rudolph Weingartner, Dean of the College...

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