Robertson v. McElrath

TOMLIN, Judge.

Plaintiffs, former employees of the Central Administrative Unit of the State Area Technical School System, filed suit in the Chancery Court of Davidson County against the defendants, claiming the right to retain their positions under the State Teacher Tenure Law. They contended that their employment could not be terminated by the abolition of their positions as part of a reorganization plan of the Central Administrative Unit. The chancellor dismissed the plaintiffs’ complaint on the grounds that they were not tenured employees of the state, and that they were afforded due…