IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The former dean of the University of Iowa law school didn’t commit illegal political discrimination when she passed over a conservative lawyer for teaching jobs, a jury ruled Monday.
After a six-day trial, a federal jury in Davenport rejected Teresa Manning’s assertion that then-Dean Carolyn Jones rejected her for the faculty because of Manning’s political beliefs and associations.
The verdict is a victory for the university in a long-running case that has been closely watched in higher education and by social conservatives. It came after about 90 minutes of deliberations in the second trial in the case, after the first in 2012 ended in an unusual mistrial.
“We are pleased with the outcome and happy to put this case behind us,” university spokeswoman Jeneane Beck said.
Manning had been seeking lost wages and damages for what she called an illegal rejection that sidelined her career.
Manning contended that liberal professors on the faculty derailed her candidacy for jobs teaching legal writing and analysis because they couldn’t stand her anti-abortion activism and other views.
- Posted July 02, 2015
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