FLORIDA CIVIL RIGHTS COALITION, P.L.L.C.

Florida Civil Rights Coalition Files Civil Rights Suit Against Florida Atlantic University and Faculty Union

April 25, 2016, West Palm Beach, Florida – Former Florida Atlantic University (“FAU”) Professor James Tracy, who was fired from his tenured faculty position in January, has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the University, several top school officials, and his faculty union representatives, alleging that the firing violated his First Amendment right to free speech and other constitutional rights, including his rights to due process and academic freedom.

Dr. James Tracy, filed the lawsuit today in a U.S. federal court in the Southern District of Florida, in West Palm Beach, represented by the Florida Civil Rights Coalition and Medgebow Law. The suit raises constitutional challenges to Florida Atlantic University’s vague and confusing “Conflict of Interest/Outside Activities” and also alleges that the manner in which Professor Tracy was fired by FAU officials—including the President, University trustees, and several senior administrative officials—violated Tracy’s constitutional rights to free speech and due process of law. The suit also accuses FAU of violating the University’s own long-standing principles of academic freedom and breaching its collective bargaining agreement with FAU’s faculty union. Additionally, the suit names as defendants the United Faculty of Florida (“UFF”) and Florida Education Association (“FEA”) and two FAU faculty union representatives and officials, who are accused of conspiring with and aiding the University’s Administration in violating Tracy’s contractual and constitutional rights.

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Louis Leo IV

Trial Lawyer & Founder of Florida Civil Rights Coalition

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