BATON ROUGE — A state appeals court has ruled that it was too early for an LSU law professor to sue the school over his removal from the classroom because an investigation into anonymous complaints wasn’t yet complete.
Then-LSU Chancellor William F. Tate IV suspended Ken M. Levy with pay after receiving complaints that Levy, using language “peppered with harsh profanity,” had criticized Gov. Jeff Landry and President Donald Trump in the classroom last January.
Levy sued, claiming protected academic freedom, and was returned to the classroom until the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal upheld his suspension in February. The state Supreme Court later denied Levy’s appeal…