Harrell v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University

This is an interlocutory appeal under Supreme Court Rule 308 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 110A, par. 308) from an order of the Circuit Court of Madison County denying defendant’s motion for transfer of venue to Jackson County under section 8 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 110, par. 8).

Plaintiff-appellee Robert B. Harrell’s four-count complaint against defendants-appellants, the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University and certain officers of the university and individual board members past and present, alleged that he was wrongfully terminated as a tenured member…