Agreement near on Derrida papers
The University of California appears to have backed down in its dispute with the family of Jacques Derrida, agreeing to drop a lawsuit against his widow and to relinquish its claim to some of the papers of the late French philosopher and literary theorist.
The university filed a motion to dismiss its lawsuit last Friday. An agreement still has to be signed by the Derrida family and approved by the court, according to a university spokeswoman.
Last November the university sued Marguerite Derrida in federal court in Central California. The complaint contended that she had violated a written agreement that Jacques Derrida had made with the university before his death to house his papers at the University of California at Irvine, where he had taught part time since 1986 and which already holds many of the papers. Derrida's three sons were also named as defendants in the lawsuit.
Read entire article at Chronicle of Higher Education
The university filed a motion to dismiss its lawsuit last Friday. An agreement still has to be signed by the Derrida family and approved by the court, according to a university spokeswoman.
Last November the university sued Marguerite Derrida in federal court in Central California. The complaint contended that she had violated a written agreement that Jacques Derrida had made with the university before his death to house his papers at the University of California at Irvine, where he had taught part time since 1986 and which already holds many of the papers. Derrida's three sons were also named as defendants in the lawsuit.