SONI v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

No. 74-1602.

513 F.2d 347 (1975)

Dr. Raj P. SONI, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing June 5, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald C. Leadbetter, Knoxville, Tenn., for defendants-appellants.

L. Caesar Stair, III, Bernstein, Dougherty & Susano, Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, EDWARDS, Circuit Judge, and O'SULLIVAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

Dr. Raj P. Soni, a mathematics professor at the University of Tennessee, filed a complaint in the District Court alleging that he was denied procedural due process when the University failed to renew his teaching contract without giving him adequate notice or a hearing. District Judge Robert L. Taylor, sitting without a jury, held that Dr. Soni was entitled to a due process hearing and to back pay from the date of contract termination until...

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