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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

One (1) of the Southwest Quarter (SW %) of Section Seven (7), in Township Nineteen (19) North, Range Nine (9) East of the Third Principal Meridian (3rd P.M.), situated in the Cky of Champaign, in the County of Champaign, and State_ of Illinois, and also known as 605 E. White Street, Champaign, Illinois; and The North One-half (N y$) of Lot One Hundred Seventy-One (171) of a Subdivision of the South part of Lot One (1) of the Southwest Quarter (SW 14) of Section Seven (7), in Township Nineteen (19) North, Range Nine (9) East of the Third Principal Meridian (3rd P.M.), situated in the City of Champaign, in the County of Champaign, and State of Illinois, and also known as 607 E. White Street, Champaign, Illinois; and which property is hereinabove referred to as Tract A. O n motion of Mr. Swain, authority was given as requested, the recommendation was approved, and the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: Aye, M r . Forsyth, M r . H a h n , Mr. H o w a r d , M r . Hughes, Mr. Neal, M r . Pogue, M r . S w a i n ; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, M r . Grimes, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Steger.

LITIGATION INITIATED BY CERTAIN FACULTY MEMBERS

(27) The University of Illinois, President Corbally, Secretary Porter, Chancellor Cheston, Dean Doner, and Department Head Johnson have been named as defendants in an action filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division (Case No. 71 C 2732) by eleven members of the faculty in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the Chicago Circle campus. The Complaint alleges that the defendants conspired to deprive the plaintiffs of their constitutional rights in connection with notices of nonreappomtment issued to each of them in 1971. The Complaint seeks cancellation of the notices of nonreappomtment, an injunction against the University issuing such notices of nonreappomtment to these plaintiffs, regular damages in the amount of $100,000 for each plaintiff, punitive damages of $100,000 for each plaintiff, and payment of the plaintiffs' attorneys fees and costs. Some of the individual defendants have requested the University to provide representation for them in their defense of the suit on the ground that all actions by them in the matter were taken in their respective capacities as employees of the University. It is anticipated that similar requests will be received from other individual defendants. The University Counsel recommends that he be authorized to take such steps as are necessary or appropriate, including the employment of special counsel, to protect the University s interests in this proceeding, and to represent the University employees named as defendants therein who request him to do so. O n motion of Mr. Neal, this recommendation was approved. O n motion of M r . Swain, the Board adjourned.

E A R L W . PORTER EARL M. H U G H E S

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