COTNOIR v. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEMS

No. 94-1113.

35 F.3d 6 (1994)

Russell COTNOIR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEMS and George Connick, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Chaiken, Bangor, ME, with whom Brett D. Baber and Rudman & Winchell were on brief, for appellants.

Joseph M. Jabar, Waterville, ME, with whom John P. Jabar and Daviau, Jabar & Batten were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.


TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee Russell Cotnoir, a tenured professor at the University of Maine, Augusta ("UMA"), was accused of academic and administrative improprieties and was subsequently fired. Cotnoir then filed suit against the UMA and three university employees, Chancellor Robert Woodbury, President George Connick, and Provost Richard Randall ("the individual defendants"), pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging, among other things, that the...

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