State Ex Rel. Phillips v. Ford

HONORABLE JEREMIAH J. LYNCH, District Judge,

sitting in place of Mr. Justice ADAIB, disqualified, delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by defendants from a judgment awarding to the relator a peremptory writ of mandate commanding them, among other things, to reinstate him in the position of professor of history and political science at Montana State University, from which he alleges he has been unlawfully excluded by them.

It appears from the record that the defendants constitute the State Board of Education of the State of Montana, which will hereafter be referred to as the…