Legal Opinion
Searcy v. Cain
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 27, 1978No. SC 2612PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BEATTY, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Calhoun County which upheld the suspension of the plaintiff from his position. We affirm.
The plaintiff, Robert M. Searcy, was business manager of Ayers State Technical College until his suspension from that position by its president, Pierce M. Cain. The events leading up to that suspension began on March 1, 1974, when Searcy informed Cain that Searcy knew of some financial irregularities, including work orders and scrap metal money that had not been properly processed. Following this conversation Cain addressed a…
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