Court Leaves Claim Related to Tulane Football Player Hanging by a Thread

A federal judge from the Eastern District of Louisiana has handed another legal defeat to a former Tulane University football player, who alleged that the school and several individual defendants treated him unfairly when they ran him off the football team.   In considering the defendants’ motions to dismiss, the court denied the motion with respect to one of the defamation claims against an individual defendant, granting the motion for all others.   Plaintiff Brandon Purcell enrolle