Legal Opinion
Dorrier v. Dark
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 17, 1976PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FONES, Chief Justice.
Written charges of neglect of duty and conduct unbecoming a teacher were preferred against James O. Dark, a tenured teacher, by the Director of Schools. He requested and was granted a hearing before the Metropolitan Board of Education, in accordance with the provisions of T.C.A. § 49-1416, which resulted in a judgment terminating him as a teacher.
Dark sought judicial review of that decision in the Chancery Court of Davidson County pursuant to T.C.A. § 49-1417. In addition to assailing the School Board’s decision for lack of merit to the charges, Dark asserted that…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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