Fayette County Board of Commissioners v. Howard Price

DICKSON, Chief Justice.

Concluding that the decision of the Fay-ette County Board of Commissioners not to reappoint its County Highway Supervisor was a ministerial decision, not a quasi-judicial one, we hold that such employment decision was not subject to judicial review.

Howard Price (“Price”) was the Fayette County Highway Supervisor from 1991 to 2002 and again resumed that position in 2006. Price expected that his appointment “would continue indefinitely until he was replaced and terminated.” Appellee’s Br. at 5. At the February 8, 2011, meeting of the Fayette County Board of Commissioners…