State Ex Rel. Chapdelaine v. Torrence

532 S.W.2d 542 (1975)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Perry A. CHAPDELAINE, Appellee,

v.

A.P. TORRENCE, President of Tennessee State University, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 17, 1975.

On Petition to Rehear January 19, 1976.

R.A. Ashley, Jr., Atty. Gen., Richard Lodge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellants.

James D. Peterson, Peterson & Buerger, Franklin, Tenn., for appellee.

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This civil action arises under the college and university teachers tenure law (§ 49-1421, et seq. T.C.A.), and presents principally the dual questions of a university professor's…