Ex Parte McLeod

We granted John McLeod and Barbara Dinkins's petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals in order to determine whether that court erred in affirming the summary judgment the circuit court had entered in favor of the defendants Wallace State Community College ("the College") and Larry Beaty, president of the College.

McLeod and Dinkins, instructors at the College, filed in the Dale Circuit Court complaints for declaratory judgments and petitions for writs of mandamus directed to the College, and to Larry Beaty, individually and in his capacity as president of the College.…