Skehan v. Board of Trustees of Bloomsburg State College Order

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July 20, 1977

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- Education
Topic
- School Desegregation
LDF Attorneys
Cooperating Attorney
- Fred L. Banks Jr.
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- LDF
- Banks & Nichols
Matter
- Norwood v. Harrison
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U.S. state
- Mississippi
Collection
- Case Files
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- 45749669-722e-f111-88b4-7c1e526962fd

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Case Files, Norwood v. Harrison - Hardbacks. Skehan v. Board of Trustees of Bloomsburg State College Order, 1977. 45749669-722e-f111-88b4-7c1e526962fd. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/2f994f3f-adcb-4db3-b8cd-67f596fb6f5f/skehan-v-board-of-trustees-of-bloomsburg-state-college-order. Accessed July 21, 2026.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA 

DR. JOSEPH T. SKEHAN, $ 
Plaintiff : "Civil No. 72-644 

  

VS. + Complaint Plled 12/22/72 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF : (Judge Muir) 

BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE, : |C 

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Defendants D JULZ 0 1977 : 
ONALD R. BERRY, Clerk 

ORDER : PER... 2A. sxeresersarennisnsrsnsavaren rash a 

DEPUTY CLERK 

1. Skehan's claim for attorney's fees and expenses 1s 

denied. 

2. The Defendants shall reinstate Skehan to the suspended 

status which he held on October 15, 1970. 

3 The Committee on Professional Affairs shall conduct 

proceedings concerning Skehan's claim that the decision not to 

renew his employment contract was for reasons violative of posdomie 

freedom within 90 days after the date of this Order. 

I, A decision by the Committee on Professional Affairs shall be 

rendered within 30 days of the date it completes the proceedings 

concerning Skehan. 

5 If after the recommendation of the Committee on 

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 rofessional Affairs has been received, the President of Bloomsburg 

College expresses his conviction that non-renewal proceedings 

should begin, he shall notify Skehan by certified mail, return 

receipt requested, within 10 days of the action of the Committee On 

Professional Affairs. The notice shall contain the information 

required by 9b of the Statement of Policy of Bloomsburg College in 

force in 1970. 

 



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6. Skehan shall, if he desires further review of the 

President's decision, within 10 days of the receipt of the notice 

from the President request further consideration in a letter to the 

President containing the information required by 9¢ of the 

Statement of Policy of Bloomsburg College in force in 1970. 

7. The President of Bloomsburg College shall indicate to 

Skehan in writing within ten days of the receipt Gf Skehan's letter 

whether he reaffirms his decision fot to renew Skehan's contracts 

5. If thereafter Skehan promptly requests a hearing on non-renewal. 

it shall be held by the ad hoc hearing committee within 30 days 

after receipt of the request therefor by Skehan. The members of the 

ad hoc hearing committee shall be selected according to the 

requirements of 9d of the Statement of Policy of Bloomsburg College 

in force in 1970. | 

9g. The Chairman of the ad hoc committee shall present his 

report to the Board of Trustees of Bloomsburg College within 30 

days after the date of the completion of the hearing by the ad 

hoc committee. 

10. The Board of Trustees shall decide whether to renew 

Skehan's contract within 30 days after the date the Chairman of the 

ad hoc committee submits his report and shall give Skehan prompt 

notice of its decision. 

11. A pretermination hearing may, at the option of the President 

of Bloomsburg State College, be held within 30 days after the 

Board of Trustees determines whether or not to renew Skehan's 

employment contract or within 30 days after another final decision 

has been reached on the question of renewal or non-renewal, whichever 

shall first occur. 

 



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12. If no pretermination hearing is conducted within the 

time period set forth in the preceding paragraph, Skehan shall be 

einstated to the position he held on October 7, 1970. 

13. ‘Each party shall bear his own costs, 

  

MUIR, U.S. District Judge 

DATED: July 20, 1977 y . [||9de2fe0d-8037-41dc-b7c7-34993ebd0f1e||]

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