Donald O. Olson v. Idaho State University

SWANSTROM, J., pro tem. This controversy concerns the denial of tenure and the nonreappointment of Donald Olson to the faculty at Idaho State University (hereinafter ISU). The district court dismissed Olson's suit on ISU's motion for summary judgment, finding that Olson, as a nontenured faculty member, had no constitutionally protected property interest in continued employment and that he had suffered no due process violations or breach of contract by ISU's conduct. Olson appeals from the summary judgment entered in favor of ISU. We affirm.