SMART v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Nos. 93-3137, 93-3176.

34 F.3d 432 (1994)

Winston I. SMART, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winston I. Smart, pro se.

Steven C. Daily, John L. Conlon, Greenberger, Krauss & Tennenbaum, Chicago, IL, and Charles Palmer, Flynn, Palmer, Tague & Lietz, Champaign, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff has appealed from the denial of his motion for a preliminary injunction that would if granted have prevented the University of Illinois from funding a suit for defamation that has been brought against him by several professors employed by the university. That suit, a diversity suit pending in the same district court, was stayed on the eve of trial to await the outcome of the appeal in the present suit, which was brought under 42...

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