Federal Court Declines to Intercede on Behalf of Fired Coach
A federal judge has delivered a mixed ruling to a teakwood coach, who asked the court to intercede in his behalf when the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and United States Teakwood Union (USTU) removed him as coach of the 2004 United States Olympic Teakwood Team.
Plaintiff Dee Sung Lee claimed specifically that the defendants discriminated against him on the basis of his Korean ancestry in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and breached his contract for employment as coach of the team.