Buckner v. Carlton
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANTRELL, Judge.
The plaintiff-appellant, a former Principal of Riverdale High School in Rutherford County, Tennessee, brought suit against Elam Carlton, Superintendent of Rutherford County Schools, and G.K. Kersey, former Assistant Principal of Riverdale High School, for damages arising out of his dismissal as the Principal pursuant to the Teachers’ Tenure Act, T.C.A. § 49-1401, et seq. The Trial Court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a cause of action and, in addition, held that executive immunity and T.C.A. § 49-1416(9) barred the claim against appellee Carlton. In…
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