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Ndubizu v. Drexel University
Citation:
768 F. Supp. 2d 796 (E.D.P.A. 2011)Facts
At the defendant university, there are four levels of professor—Assistant, Associate, Full, and Endowed. The plaintiff, who is Black and from Nigeria, was hired as an Assistant professor in 1987 and later promoted to Full professor in 1996. The school has 12 slots for Endowed professorships, and only 11 of those were filled at the time. The plaintiff claims that, beginning in 2002, he engaged in conversations with the Dean of the school, who allegedly promised that the plaintiff would receive an Endowed professorship after two years as a Distinguished Research Fellow. The plaintiff then undertook various activities in reliance on that promise, including among other things dedicating his life to his research and refraining from applying to other chaired professorships at other universities. By 2007, when this case was brought, the plaintiff still had not been promoted.
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Formation of ContractsTopic Refresher Course
Consideration and Promissory Estoppel