Snowden v. Northwest Missouri State University

CLARK, Judge.

This case, on recent reassignment to the writer, is an action for compensatory and punitive damages by Wendell C. Snowden, formerly employed as an assistant professor at Northwest Missouri State University. In the trial court, the defendants prevailed on summary judgment and Snowden appeals.

In a laboriously detailed two-count petition subsequently enhanced by a third count added by amendment, Snowden claimed ag-grievement because his teaching contract was not renewed after the 1975 — 1976 school year and because he failed to achieve tenure status. The first count was premised on…