A Duquesne University law professor can proceed with her gender discrimination and retaliation claims against the university and incoming president Kenneth Gormley, a federal judge has ruled, at the same time tossing the rest of her claims, including one for religious discrimination for her teaching of Islamic law.

U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon of the Western District of Pennsylvania said there were sufficient factual disputes as to whether the university veered from typical practices in reviewing plaintiff Susan Hascall’s bid for tenure, whether the school lobbied other professors to vote against Hascall being tenured and on what basis the university denied her tenure.

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