Court Clears U. of Iowa Law Dean of Political Bias in Hiring

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the dean of the University of Iowa’s law school in which a staff member alleged that she was turned down for teaching positions because of her conservative political views, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported. Decisions against the staff member, Teresa Wagner, were not based on her beliefs, Judge Charles R. Wolle of the U.S. District Court in Davenport, Iowa, wrote. The ruling dismissed Ms. Wagner’s claims with prejudice, which bars her from making the same claims again, and granted court costs to the dean, Carolyn Jones.