Ad hoc hearings moved to campus

Ad hoc hearings moved to campus

censorship, Dr. Kay

This article gives an update on the case of five professors who were wrongly fired due to the university wanting to censor their vocal opinions and beliefs. The latest update includes the court demanding the university given written reasons for why the professors were fired.

Quad Angles Vol. 39 No. 23

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1971-04-20

Maria Marabito

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Ad Hoc hearings moved to campus A recent court order has brought the Dr. Kay-Ad Hoc Committee controversy closer to a final decision.The order given by Judge James H. Gorby of the United States District Court requires that the plaintiffs-Michael Kay, Stephen Parker, Martin Watkins, Thomas Treadwell, Frank Fox, and Robert Young-be given written reasons for their dismissals and denial of increments, tenure and promotions. The order also requires the college to provide hearings before a "fair and impartial panel." These hearings are to include the right to counsel, cross-examination of witnesses and full stenographic records.Admission of Guilt According to Jack Brian, attorney for the plaintiffs, the administration has admitted in a motion before the court that it denied due process to Kay, Parker, Watkins and Treadwell in their respective dismissals. William G. Williams, Deputy Assistant Attorney General and one of the administration's attorneys, stated that this motion was filed before the court on April 5. He also commented that the court's order for panel hearings has returned the cases to the college, but that they will be under the jurisdiction of the District Court. Williams said the cases "probably needn't go back to District Court unless one of the parties took it back." He also pointed out that it is "reaching a point in the year where the hearing would be difficult to h01d... (the hearing will Ije held promptly out of necessity.) Representation Brian commented that "Judge Gorby didn't spell out what to do about the panel," and that representation on the panel was therefore "left up to Counsel." Brian, who is also representing two other professors from Cheyney State College in a similar case, has filed a motion for Partial Summary Judgment before the District Court. The motion asks that the Court immediately reinstate the fired professors to their status prior to their dismissals. The motion is related to recent decisions handed down by Federal Courts. The suit was filed four months ago and charges that plaintiffs' constitutional rights had been severely abrogated. The plaintiffs are asking for promotions, tenure, reinstatements, increments and $1.2 million in real and punitive damages.