Judge’s Decision Means Most of High School Coach’s Discrimination and Wrongful Termination Claim Can Continue

A federal judge from the Middle District of Florida has granted, in part, a school board’s motion to dismiss, or for a more definitive statement, in a case in which the board and athletic director were sued for race discrimination and wrongful termination.   In granting the school board’s motion on the second count (of a three-count complaint), which alleged that the defendants violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, it found that the p