EDWARDS v. CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

No. 97-3285.

156 F.3d 488 (1998)

Dilawar M. EDWARDS, Ph.D. Appellant v. CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA; John Pierce Watkins, Ph. D., President; Nancy Z. Nelson, Ed.D., Vice President for Academic Affairs; William Benedetti, Ed.D., Dean in their official capacities; David Campbell, Chairperson, Educational Studies Dept.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig L. Parshall (Argued), Fredericksburg, VA, Eugene Orlando, Jr., Orlando & Strahn, Reading, PA, for Appellant.

Thomas F. Halloran, Jr. (Argued), Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellees.

Before: STAPLETON and ALITO, Circuit Judges, and O'KELLEY, District Judge


OPINION OF THE COURT

ALITO, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Dilawar M. Edwards, a tenured professor at the California University of Pennsylvania, brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the University and its officers ("the University") violated several of his constitutional rights. Specifically, Edwards claimed that the University deprived him of his rights to free speech, due process, and equal protection by restricting his...

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