SHERMAN v. CURATORS OF UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

No. 93-2748.

16 F.3d 860 (1994)

Charles SHERMAN, Appellant, v. CURATORS OF the UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 14, 1994.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied March 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Ronald F. Bunn of Columbia, MO. Loramel P. Shurtleff also of Columbia, appeared on the brief.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Susan Ford Robertson of Columbia, MO. Marvin E. Wright and Jeffrey H. Blaylock also of Columbia, appeared on the brief.

Before BOWMAN, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied March 22, 1994.

BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

The University of Missouri hired Charles Sherman as an assistant professor of journalism in 1989, then fired him approximately four years later. Following his termination, Sherman sued the University through its Curators seeking damages on breach of contract and promissory estoppel theories.1 The Curators moved immediately to dismiss...

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