Joseph Corlett, who washed out of Oakland University because of a lusty essay, also got tossed out of federal court.
The Macomb Daily has details of the case from Ed White of AP:
A college student suspended for writing an essay called “Hot for Teacher” has no First Amendment right to express his sexual attraction to his instructor, a judge said Tuesday.
Joseph Corlett’s lawsuit was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Patrick Duggan, who ruled in favor of Oakland University in suburban Detroit.
Though Duggan's opinion is hardly as colorful as Corlett's writing, which had a Van Halen song name as its title, the judge did add a creative touch by saying the student had “brought a pig into the parlor.”
Corlett, now 57 and living in Sarasota, Fla., was suspended for three semesters in 2012 after comparing instructor Pamela Mizelfeld of Rochester to Ginger on the “Gilligan’s Island” TV series and describing her as “tall, blonde, stacked,” among other things.
Deadline Detroit in March posted the text of the English 380 assignment he gave her. A sample:
Holyshit I should drop right now. There is no way I’ll concentrate in class, especially with that sexy little mole on her upper lip beckoning with every accented word. And that smile.
After his suspension. Corlett filed a $2-million lawsuit, claiming the university violated his constitutional right to free expression. His lawyers were Alari Adams of Detroit and Kyle Bristow of Toledo.
“This is a case that never should have been brought, and justice has been served by its quick and decisive dismissal,” AP quotes university attorney Len Niehoff as saying.
-- Alan Stamm
