Legal Opinion
Tuomala v. Regent University
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 1, 1996No. Record 952286PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Keenan
The primary issue in this appeal is whether an employer’s refusal to renew an employment contract under its original terms constituted a breach of contract.
Three professors at Regent University (Regent), Jeffrey C. Tuomala, Elaine Shouse Waller, and Clifford W. Kelly (collectively, the professors), filed declaratory judgment suits seeking a determination of rights under their faculty contracts. The professors alleged that their contracts entitled them to permanent tenured employment at Regent and requested the trial court to declare that (1) they were entitled to a renewal of the exact terms…
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