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GOLDBARTH v. KANSAS STATE BOARD OF REGENTS

No. 81,835.

269 Kan. 881 (2000)

9 P.3d 1251

ALBERT GOLDBARTH, Appellant, v. KANSAS STATE BOARD OF REGENTS, WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY, BARBARA BOWMAN, and BOBBY PATTON, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 26, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Kathryn Webb, of McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn & Herrington, P.A., of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellant.

Wyatt M. Wright, of Foulston & Siefkin, L.L.P., of Wichita, argued the cause, and James D. Oliver, of the same firm, was with him on the brief for appellee Barbara Bowman.

Wm. Scott Hesse, assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, was with him on the briefs for appellees Kansas State Board of Regents, Wichita State University, and Bobby Patton.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

SIX, J.:

This case arises in the context of a perceived clash between freedom of speech in the classroom and a university's responsibility to enforce its sexual harassment policy. Two female graduate students at Wichita State University (WSU) filed grievances against the plaintiff, Albert Goldbarth, a tenured WSU professor. Goldbarth sued WSU, the Kansas State Board of Regents...

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