Riverside Community College Dist. v. Biersmith CA4/2

Filed 10/15/21 Riverside Community College Dist. v. Biersmith CA4/2 Reposting corrected version See dissenting and concurring opinion.

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

DISTRICT,

E073818

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Super.Ct.No. RIC1825186) v.

OPINION

STEPHEN BIERSMITH,

Defendant;

ERIC THOMPSON,

Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

APPEAL from the Superior Court of Riverside County. Chad W. Firetag, Judge.

Reversed.

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, Pilar Morin, David A. Urban and Meredith Karasch for

Plaintiff and Appellant.

No appearance for Defendant.

1 Pacific Justice Institute, Kevin T. Snider and Michael J. Peffer for Real Party in

Interest and Respondent.

Real Party in Interest and respondent Eric Thompson was a tenured Sociology

professor at…