United States First Circuit

In a breach of contract action between a professor and Inter American University, district court's order dismissing plaintiff's breach of contract claim is vacated where a tenured professor with a contract guaranteeing the continuation of full-time employment is not an at-will employee subject to Puerto Rico Law 80 and is entitled to the opportunity to prove his breach of contract claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/19/2009
• Published 02/19/2009

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles S. Hey-Maestre, with whom Manuel Moraza-Choisne, Adalina de Jesús Morales, and Manuel Moraza-Ortiz were on brief, for appellants., Seth A. Tucker, John E. Bies, and M. Ryan Calo on brief for American Association of University Professors, amicus curiae., Raul S. Mariani-Franco and Guillermo J. Ramos Luiña on brief for Asociación de Profesores y Profesoras del Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (APRUM) and the Former President of Inter American University, Ramón A. Cruz, Ph.D., amici curiae., Arturo Díaz Angueira, Lillian T. De La Cruz-Torres, Roberto Feliberti, and Victoria D. Pierce-King on brief for Ana G. Méndez University System, amicus curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Amancio Arias-Guardiola, for appellees.