Judge rules in JPL's favor in wrongful termination lawsuit centered around 'intelligent design'

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By Brian Charles, Staff Writer
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Posted: 01/17/2013 11:06:48 AM PST
January 18, 2013 5:24 AM GMTUpdated: 01/17/2013 09:24:57 PM PST

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE - David Coppedge, who sued NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and claimed the agency discriminated against him for his religious views on "intelligent design," has lost his wrongful termination lawsuit, according to court documents released Wednesday.

In a court decision signed by Judge Ernest Hiroshige, the court said Coppedge's claim of discrimination and wrongful termination "fails, and judgment on this claim shall be entered in favor of Caltech."

Caltech operates JPL.

Coppedge was let go during a round of layoffs in 2010. He claims his position on intelligent design - the idea that an intelligent being guided the development of the universe and life within it - cost him his job.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/breakingnews/ci_22394460/judge-rules-jpls-favor-wrongful-termination-lawsuit

Here is the proposed Decision.

http://ncse.com/files/20121130_Proposed-Statement-of-Decision.pdf

Apparently Mr. Coppedge was quite the busybody.

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1. Only Coppedge claimed this was to do with religion

Everyone else knew it was because he was a giant pain in the ass

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2. Sounds like the problems ran much deeper than his belief in intelligent design

and they have been trying to get rid of him for awhile.