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MARPAKA v. HEFNER

No. M2007-00733-COA-R3-CV.

289 S.W.3d 308 (2008)

Dhananjaya R. MARPAKA v. James A. HEFNER and Tennessee State University.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section, at Nashville.

October 3, 2008.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court April 27, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan R. Alexander, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Dhananjaya R. Marpaka.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter, and Michael Markham, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellees, James Hefner and Tennessee State University.

OPINION

HOLLY M. KIRBY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ALAN E. HIGHERS, P.J., W.S., and DAVID R. FARMER, J., joined.

This appeal involves alleged discrimination based on religion and national origin. The plaintiff is a native of India and a practitioner of Hinduism, and is employed as an associate professor at the defendant university. The plaintiff applied for a promotion to full professor....

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