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...Isaac filed his suit against Harvard claiming that he was denied tenure 10 years ago in the Afro-American Studies Department because he is Ethiopian and Black...
Harvard, however, contends that Isaac did not receive the lifetime teaching post because the Afro-American Studies Department at that time needed Americanists rather than Africanists like Isaac. Harvard has also countered charges of discrimination by arguing that the University offered tenure to two other Black junior faculty members at the same time it denied tenure to Isaac...
...Monday's decision, the appeals court also eliminated a protective order granted by the lower court that would prevent Isaac's lawyer from using past University tenure files as evidence. Isaac's attorney, Edward Greer, had unsuccessfully asked Harvard to reveal the files, which he had sought because he said it was the only way he could prove his client was the victim of discrimination...
...Isaac then appealed to the higher court. Its 27' page decision, released late Monday by U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge Frank M. Coffin, not only reinstated the case, but also will force Skinner to reconsider whether Harvard must reveal confidential information on tenure cases. In his decision, Coffin asked Skinner to review anew Isaac's request and to explain more thoroughly why it was originally denied...
...Isaac and Greer said they were pleased with Monday's ruling. "If you read past court cases like this one, they're a joke; they're so pro-Harvard administration," Greer said. "So it appears to the appeals court that Isaac has raised a serious case...