Florida Beats Most Claims in University DEI Funding Limits Suit

A federal judge largely dismissed a lawsuit by Florida university professors challenging the state’s restrictions on education funding, reducing what began as a litany of claims from multiple plaintiffs to a single surviving claim from just one professor.

The suing professors failed to allege facts demonstrating standing for nearly each of their claims, Judge Mark E. Walker said Thursday while dismissing the majority of claims. Sharon Wright Austin’s First Amendment claim against the state’s Board of Governor’s and the University of Florida’s Board of Trustees survived since she demonstrated an “imminent threatened denial of funding,” according to the order from ...