Clarke v. West Virginia Board of Regents

McGraw, Justice:

This case comes before us upon appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County which affirmed a decision of the West Virginia Board of Regents upholding the dismissal of the appellant, Paul A. Clarke, from his tenured teaching position at Fairmont State College. Dr. Clarke was fired by the college’s president, Wendell G. Hardway, effective May 29, 1978. A hearing examiner’s report, completed almost one year later, confirmed the dismissal. Dr. Clarke claims that the dismissal procedures violated his constitutional right to due process. His primary assignments of…