The Supreme Court Speaks to the Untenured: A Comment on Board of Regents v. Roth and Perry v. Sindermann

William W. Van Alstyne, William & Mary Law School

Abstract

This paper examines the cases of Board of Regents v. Roth and Perry v. Sindermann to determine their relevance to the efforts of the AAUP. This article suggests that a kind of quasi-tenure was created by the intersection of both opinions.