# William C. Ferguson v. Alvin I. Thomas

> Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · August 13, 1970 · 430 F.2d 852

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9455943

## Case

- **Full name:** William C. FERGUSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alvin I. THOMAS Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- **Decided:** August 13, 1970
- **Citations:** 430 F.2d 852
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** On rehearing
- **Judges:** Clark, Dyer, Per Curiam, Thornberry
- **Cited by:** 304 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that a non-tenured professor may acquire a pro-tectible property interest in continued employment if he has a reasonable expectation of the same

## Opinion text

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
PER CURIAM:
It is ordered that the petition for rehearing filed by plaintiff-appellant in the above entitled and numbered cause be and the same is hereby denied.
It is ordered that the petition for rehearing filed by defendants-appellees in the above entitled and numbered cause be and the same is hereby denied without prejudice to the right of the parties to present to the court below such questions and issues as may arise if the Dean *862 of Men of Prairie View A & M College should plead the bar of any applicable statute of limitation to personal liability upon being joined as a defendant to this action on remand.

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