Calling on precedents spanning the last half-century, Antioch University formally filed a motion to dismiss in response to a lawsuit collective brought forward by tenured faculty of Antioch College.
Filed 15 days before a deadline set by the Green County Court of Pleas, the motion demonstrates the university’s alacrity for a fight, presenting the first, if preliminary, obstacle to the faculty’s bid for an injunction to force the university to follow faculty employment contracts. As a second point of contention, the injunction seeks to prevent the university from liquidating assets the college currently uses.
The class action, filed in mid-August, would require the university to keep the college open by “implementing the least drastic means†of dealing with the current financial crisis.
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