The Jerry Baldwin Saga: 1998-2020

[BrudaCajun]

Troy you are a fool for this thread. I heard Jay Walker say @ 3:30 that he had talked to a lawyer on the case for UL. His prognosis was good. From what i have read they are non factual charges.

Go Louisiana

[NewsCopy]

After deliberating about 10 hours today, a Baton Rouge jury awarded $2 million to former ULL head football coach Jerry Baldwin. Baldwin filed the suit in 19th Judicial District Court, claiming the decision by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to fire him in 2001 was discriminatory. The award is for past and future wages and general damages, including emotional distress. Baldwin, the university’s first black head football coach, said he was just beginning to turn around the school’s football program. In his three years, the teams had a record of 6-27. Named as defendants are ULL, the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System and the university’s athletic director, Nelson Schexnayder. The source of the story

[Cayenne Eyeman]

Who'da thunk it? I actually had a sneaky suspicion that it could come to this...where will the 2M come from?

[Pirogue]

What's unfortunate about this absurd ruling is it will force colleges to think long and hard before hiring minorities...

[Shammy]

I'm SICK

[Cayenne Eyeman]

_ Troy you are a fool for this thread. I heard Jay Walker say @ 3:30 that he had talked to a lawyer on the case for UL. His prognosis was good. From what i have read they are non factual charges.

Go Louisiana _

Nope, the jury is out and the news is a bummer for Cajun fans.

[Cayenne Eyeman]

_ How many jobs has Baldwin applied for and been turned down? How much income did he miss out on? What were the schools?

In my opinion Jerry Baldwin came to UL a bitter man with a smile.

While at LSU he was an assistant head coach from 1993-95 that was demoted to defensive coordinator that was demoted to defensive ends coach. _

So, I wonder if the jury ruled that descrimination was a factor or that buying out the contract hurt his future job options. I just don't see the race card when UL had hired Baldwin and Jesse Evans and Robert Lee...The record of descrimination is just not there.

[Clutch0364]

This is the biggest pile of bull____ i have ever seen. He didn't get fired cuase he was black he was fired because he was a horrible head coach. How could anyone give him money after look at what he did over the 3 years he was here. BULL____

[AstroCajun]

This is the biggest pile of bull____ i have ever seen. He didn't get fired cuase he was black he was fired because he was a horrible head coach. How could anyone give him money after look at what he did over the 3 years he was here. BULL____

I am outraged.

Dr. A should resign.

Oh, wait...

[Just1More]

This exemplifies the problem with our judicial system. You have got to be kidding me!

[RedBug58]

Can you say "OJ Jury"? I'd like to know what the make-up of this jury was. I hope it can be appealed. What an injustice................

[MissingMandy]

I was wondering where the money will come from. Did we just lose our 3% gain to some yahoo. I find it very interesting that a jury in Baton Rouge came down with that decision. Smells fishy to me. Hope it is goes to appeal.

[AstroCajun]

I was wondering where the money will come from. Did we just lose our 3% gain to some yahoo. I find it very interesting that a jury in Baton Rouge came down with that decision. Smells fishy to me. Hope it is goes to appeal.

I'll explain the Baton Rouge part.

UL is a state agency.

Venue for lawsuits against state agencies is in Baton Rouge.

Baldwin's first win was to file in BR and take the case away from the people who saw his incompetance first hand.

I don't understand the rationale in placing the case before a jury because a plaintiff does not have the right to a jury trial against a state agency. The fact that it was a jury trial means that UL must have agreed to a jury.

It did not help that EBR has a more liberal jury pool than Lafayette.


What you should place your faith in is the hands of the district court judge who originally threw the case out. There are a few post trial motions available to UL (JNOV, New Trial).

I'd rather be going to the First Circuit trying to defend a successful post trial motion than trying to overturn the jury verdict. The standard of review is different.

If it is a factual determination, the court of appeal generally won't touch it unless the error in judgment was such that "no reasonable person could differ" on the conclusion. If the facts are subject to varying interpretations, the court of appeal is not going to overturn it just because one version is better.

In otherwords, if "reasonable minds could differ" the court won't touch a jury fact finding.

[MissingMandy]

_ I'll explain the Baton Rouge part.

UL is a state agency.

Venue for lawsuits against state agencies is in Baton Rouge.

Baldwin's first win was to file in BR and take the case away from the people who saw his incompetance first hand.

I don't understand the rationale in placing the case before a jury because a plaintiff does not have the right to a jury trial against a state agency. The fact that it was a jury trial means that UL must have agreed to a jury.

It did not help that EBR has a more liberal jury pool than Lafayette.


What you should place your faith in is the hands of the district court judge who originally threw the case out. There are a few post trial motions available to UL (JNOV, New Trial).

I'd rather be going to the First Circuit trying to defend a successful post trial motion than trying to overturn the jury verdict. The standard of review is different.

If it is a factual determination, the court of appeal generally won't touch it unless the error in judgment was such that "no reasonable person could differ" on the conclusion. If the facts are subject to varying interpretations, the court of appeal is not going to overturn it just because one version is better.

In otherwords, if "reasonable minds could differ" the court won't touch a jury fact finding. _

So in other words....we just lost our 3% gain for our athletes or is the University insured in some way for this kind of thing?

[rhineaux]

he sued the school, not the athletic dept.

I wonder what robert lee's take is on this.