South Alabama Skills Training Consortium v. Ford

THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.

This is the second time these parties have been before this court. This court has explained the procedural history and facts of this dispute as follows:

“The North Alabama Skills Training Consortium, the Central Alabama Skills Training Consortium, and the South Alabama Skills Training Consortium (collectively ‘the Consortia’) appeal from the denial of their petition for a writ of certiorari. The evidence and record on appeal reveal the following.

“I. Procedural History

“In June 2005, the employment contracts of nine state employees were not renewed; those employees…