Gruber v. Tennessee Tech Board of Trustees

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NORTHEASTERN DIVISION DR. JULIA GRUBER AND ) ANDREW SMITH, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) No. 2:21-cv-00039 ) DR. LORI BRUCE, ) in her official and individual capacity, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION An internecine difference of opinion among academics at Tennessee Tech University (“TTU” or “Tech”) led to this action under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

asserting First Amendment retaliation and Fourteenth Amendment due process claims. The case arose after two faculty members were disciplined by the Provost for distributing flyers on campus that labeled…