The Court in the Steven Salaita lawsuit, arising out of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees’ decision not to hire him, has just issued a Memorandum and Opinion [Full Embed at bottom of post] which allows his key claims to move forward.
For background on the case, see our prior posts:
- Anti-Israel Prof. Steve Salaita loses job offer at U. Illinois over hateful tweets
- U. Illinois Board of Trustees votes down Steven Salaita
- U. Illinois: Steven Salaita non-hiring final, will not reconsider
- Steven Salaita files federal lawsuit over non-hiring (Update: Glaring defect)
- U. Illinois Trustees seek to throw out Steven Salaita federal lawsuit
The Court in its ruling dismissed Counts VI and VII (Tortious Interference with Contract), VII (Emotional Distress) and IX (Spoiliation of Evidence). The dismissal of the Tortious Interference counts is significant in that those were alleged against various pro-Israel “John Doe” donors who communicated with the UI-UC Chancellor Phyllis Wise.
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