GUMBHIR v. CURATORS OF UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

Nos. 97-3066, 97-3122, 97-3832, 97-4221, 97-4369 and 97-4370.

157 F.3d 1141 (1998)

Ashok K. GUMBHIR, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross Appellant, v. CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, Robert W. Piepho; R. Lee Evans, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conway L. Hawn, Liberty, MO, argued (Kelly L. McClelland, on the brief), for appellee.

Ann Mesle, Kansas City, MO, argued (R. Kent Sellers and Patrick M. Gavin, on the brief), for appellant.

Before BEAM, LOKEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

After years of bitter feuding within the University of Missouri at Kansas City's School of Pharmacy (UMKC), Professor Ashok Gumbhir commenced this action against UMKC, Pharmacy Dean Robert Piepho, and Professor R. Lee Evans, alleging employment discrimination, violation of Gumbhir's First Amendment rights in the work place, and defamation. The district court granted summary judgment dismissing Gumbhir's defamation and § 1983 First Amendment...

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