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PURISCH v. TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

No. 94-5899.

76 F.3d 1414 (1996)

Steven PURISCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY; Angelo A. Volpe, individually and in his official capacity; Joseph Lerner, individually and in his official capacity; Reginald Mazeres; Brian O'Connor; Jacob Beard; Edmond Dixon; and Rebecca Quattlebaum, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent M. Weeks (Argued and Briefed), Weeks, Turner, Anderson & Russell, Nashville, TN, for Steven Purisch.

S. Elizabeth Martin (Argued and Briefed), Office of the Atty. Gen., Nashville, TN, for Tennessee Technological University.

Michael J. Passino, Passino & Minton, Nashville, TN, S. Elizabeth Martin, Office of the Atty, Gen., Nashville, TN, for Angelo A. Volpe.

Marian F. Harrison, Willis & Knight, Nashville, TN, for Joseph Lerner.

Stanley Kweller (Briefed), Robert L. Jackson & Associates, Nashville, TN, for Reginald Mazeres.

Cyrus L. Booker (Briefed), Booker & Associates, Nashville, TN, for Brian O'Connor.

Alan M. Parker (Argued and Briefed), Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, Knoxville, TN, for Jacob Beard.

Jon E. Jones (Briefed), Cookeville, TN, for Edmond Dixon.

Margaret L. Behm, Dodson, Parker, Shipley, Behm & Seaborg, Nashville, TN, for Rebecca Quattlebaum.

Before: KENNEDY and MOORE, Circuit Judges; POTTER, District Judge.

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Steven Purisch appeals the district court's order granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment on various state and federal claims arising from Tennessee Technological University's denial of tenure to Purisch. We affirm for the reasons we explain below.

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After serving a four-year probationary period, professors at Tennessee Technological University ("Tennessee Tech") are eligible to be considered for tenure. Tenured...

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