Legal Opinion

Colston v. Ala. Agric. & Mech. Univ. (In re Hugine)

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 17, 2017No. 1130428PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MURDOCK, Justice.

Andrew Hugine, Jr., Ph.D., Daniel Wims, Ph.D., and Mattie Thomas, Ph.D., petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Madison Circuit Court to vacate its December 11, 2013, order that denied their requests for qualified immunity and State-agent immunity from all claims filed against them in their individual capacities by Regina Colston in an action stemming from the termination of Colston's employment at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University ("the University") and to enter a summary judgment in their favor. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

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2Cases cited70 opinions

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  4. Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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