Ford v. Stone

JOHN V. PARKER, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the court on defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff has filed an opposition. No oral argument is necessary.

This is a civil rights action in which plaintiff, a former faculty member at Southern University in Baton Rouge, alleges that he was discharged from his public employment in a manner which deprived him of vested property rights, equal protection of the law, and due process of law under the United States Constitution. He also claims that his firing was related to public statements made during the course of his duties as…