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JONES v. UNIVERSITY OF CENT. OKLAHOMA

No. 83041.

910 P.2d 987 (1995)

William Earl JONES, Plaintiff, v. UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, formerly known as Central State University, State of Oklahoma; William Lilliard, President, University of Central Oklahoma; Kenneth Elsner, Dean of the College of Education; Emmet Osgood, individually and in his official capacity; Carl Breazeale, individually and in his official capacity; and Lonnie Gilliland, Jr., Director of Safety Institute, University of Central Oklahoma; Defendants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

December 12, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis Barber, Jr., Guinise M. Marshall, Barber & Marshall, P.A., Oklahoma City, for plaintiff.

Sheridan A. McCaffree, Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges, Oklahoma City, Julie Jones Corley, Assistant Attorney General, Oklahoma City, for defendants.

ALMA WILSON, Chief Justice:

William Jones, an assistant professor at the University of Central Oklahoma, brought suit in federal court against the University, alleging that the University had wrongfully deprived him of tenure. The plaintiff's claim to continued employment is based on a local, unwritten tenure policy which was in effect when the plaintiff was first hired by the University in 1981.

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