Morrison v. Mobile County Bd. of Educ.

This is a defamation case.

Plaintiff Joel Morrison was suspended from Davidson High School when marijuana was found in his car on the campus on January 18, 1982. On February 3, 1982, Joel's parents appealed to the Mobile County Board of Education to remove or purge the suspension from Joel's record. The request to remove or purge the suspension was denied.

Plaintiff Ernest Morrison, the father of Joel Morrison, voluntarily addressed the Mobile County Board of Education at a meeting of the school board held on May 12, 1982, and requested that the board purge from his son's record the suspension…