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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\">Floyd</p>           There was no winner or loser in a male professor's discrimination suit against Lamar University following a two-day trial.<br /> <br />In February 2008, Michael Jordan, a Lamar University professor, brought a discrimination suit against the college, alleging he was denied tenure because of his gender.<br /> <br />The case went to trial on April 16 and ended two days later with a directed verdict.<br /> <br />A court official told the Southeast Texas Record that Judge Donald Floyd, 172nd District Court, issued a directed verdict that is not in favor of either party.<br /> <br />No judgment is on file as of April 23. However, the official said Lamar will submit a judgment for the judge to sign off on.<br /> <br />Court papers show that Jordan applied for tenure on Nov. 14, 2005, and was rejected the following month. He then filed his charge of discrimination on Dec. 7, 2006 - seven months past the 180-day deadline.<br /> <br />Jordan claims he was an assistant professor in the criminal justice department and was granted two years' credit toward tenure when he accepted the position at Lamar.<br /> <br />In 2005, Jordan's tenure application was denied, despite the fact that his teaching evaluation scores were higher than other faculty members in the criminal justice department, he claims in his suit.<br /> <br />He alleges the year before his application was denied, the university granted tenure to a female professor in his department, and that he has been routinely treated disparately from his female counterparts.<br /> <br />Beaumont attorney David Tolin represents Jordan.<br /> <br />Lamar is represented in part by Austin attorney Gunnar Seaquist.<br /> <br /><em>Trial case No. E181-188</em>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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