Cooper v. Williamson County Board of Education

746 S.W.2d 176 (1987)

Freeman M. COOPER, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

The WILLIAMSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

December 7, 1987.

Rehearing Denied February 11, 1988.

Charles Hampton White, Richard L. Colbert, Cornelius & Collins, Nashville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert G. Wheeler, Jr., Brown, Brown, & White, Nashville, for defendant-appellee.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This direct appeal, brought under the Teacher Tenure Act, T.C.A. §§ 49-5-501, et seq., involves the dismissal of Plaintiff, Freeman M. Cooper, from his position as principal of…