Miller v. Cooper

OPINION & ORDER

JAMES D. PETERSON, District Judge.

This case requires to the court to consider whether it will intervene in the management of a state university’s orchestra to protect the rights of an orchestra musician. The musicians in the Symphony Orchestra at the University of Wisconsin— Platteville (UWP) are mostly university students, but community members are also welcome to audition and play. For almost two decades, plaintiff David Miller played the string bass as a volunteer community musician in the UWP orchestra. Miller was dismissed from the orchestra after the fall 2012 semester,…