Duckett v. Grambling State University

_JjIn this case, the plaintiff was recruited by the university president and athletic director to become a head basketball coach at the state university. The plaintiff left a higher paying coaching job in another state on the assurance that he would receive a four-year term employment contract. The president of the university made that promise subject to the approval of the management board for the institution as required by Louisiana law. Upon plaintiffs commencement of the job in Louisiana and for over a year thereafter, the management board did not act to consider the four-year contract…