Dorothy M. Schlitt, Etc. v. State of Florida, Dorothy M. Schlitt, Charles Matthews and Donald Good v. Bernard Sliger

This case has a rather complicated procedural history. In essence it is a consolidated action brought by faculty members at Florida State University against the Board of Regents alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., 29 U.S.C. § 206, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the first and fourteenth amendments.

Plaintiffs were not entitled to a jury with respect to their Title VII claims but were entitled to a jury trial with respect to other claims. Although neither cites a record reference we have been told by both parties in brief and at oral argument that by agreement the entire case was tried…