"Do lawyers have the right to take customers away from their firm and open up their own business? I bet they have non-compete contracts also."

I agree that he probably took things too far in his dealings with Saint Louis University president Lawrence Biondi. I have heard Biondi can be quite arrogant himself. I can't imagine either one of them wanting to "give in" and admit to being wrong first. Since there was probably some fault on both sides with the way the matter was handled, it made for an unpleasant end to Professor Manor's career.
Rita Buechter, Webster Groves