WARE v. FORT

No. COA95-1349.

478 S.E.2d 218 (1996)

Dr. Matthew F. WARE Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Chancellor Edward B. FORT, in his personal and official capacity as Chancellor of the North Carolina A & T State University; Dr. A. James Hicks, in his personal and official capacity as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at North Carolina A & T, and the North Carolina A & T State University, Defendant-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McSurely, Dorosin & Osment by Alan McSurely, Mark Dorosin and Ashley Osment, Chapel Hill, for plaintiff-appellant.

Attorney General Michael F. Easley by Special Deputy Attorney General Thomas J. Ziko, for the State.


SMITH, Judge.

Plaintiff is a university professor whose employment contract ended and who was not thereafter reappointed to the faculty by his university-employer. Plaintiff claims the circumstances surrounding his nonreappointment constituted a violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and various provisions of the North Carolina Constitution. The trial court disagreed and dismissed this case on defendants' motion. We affirm.

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