Legal Opinion
Ernest T. Jones v. Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided August 14, 2018No. 2016-CA-01050-COAPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILSON, J., FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. In December 2008, Alcorn State University's head football coach, Ernest Jones, sued the university. He alleged that Alcorn had breached his contract and the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing in a number of ways, including by firing seven of his assistant coaches and by failing to provide necessary equipment for his team. Jones's complaint also sought an injunction to prevent Alcorn from firing him. The following month, Alcorn fired Jones. For the next seven years, litigation continued in three different cases until Jones's original lawsuit finally…
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