Opinion ID: 2551099
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Heading: Sengupta's Appeal to the Superior Court (Hodges Decision)

Text: On February 23, 1995, Sengupta appealed his termination to the superior court. [8] Wickwire served as Sengupta's attorney for this appeal, along with attorney Robert Groseclose. In his appeal to the superior court, Sengupta argued that: (1) under university regulations, Sengupta's termination proceedings should have included a hearing before other tenured faculty members in his department; (2) Rice should not have afforded collateral estoppel to issues decided during Sengupta's grievance proceedings; (3) many of Parrish's findings during the grievance proceedings were not relevant to Sengupta's grievances; and (4) Sengupta was entitled to a hearing on his second grievance alleging retaliation. On August 20, 1996, Superior Court Judge Jay Hodges issued a decision affirming UAF's termination of Sengupta. Judge Hodges also affirmed UAF's decision to dismiss all of Sengupta's grievances, including the grievance alleging retaliation.