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- Title: Chism v. University of Kansas Coll. of Health Sciences
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 10, 1985
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 69 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This is an action by James Gerald Chism against the University of Kansas School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences and Hospital (UKMC), the State Board of Regents, and individual members of the Academic Committee of UKMC, seeking his reinstatement as a medical student at UKMC, damages arising from his dismissal from UKMC, and payment of certain scholarship funds. Chism bases his claims on a wide variety of alleged violations of tort, contract, and civil rights law. The trial court granted summary judgment to Chism on his contract claim and awarded him $3,500.00. Summary judgment was granted to defendants on the balance of Chism's claims. Chism appeals from the adverse summary judgments. The history of Chism's involvement with UKMC may be summarized as follows. Chism, a black man, was admitted as a student of UKMC in January, 1975, and began his academic course work in the summer of 1975. During his first year Chism failed both courses in which he was enrolled — Anatomy and [237 Kan. 331]