Howard v. Bogart

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

Petitioner, Howard, plaintiff in the trial court, brought this action for damages against the defendant, Bogart, Superintendent of Schools of Sevier County, Tennessee, alleging that the defendant had unlawfully interfered with the plaintiff’s rights as the “Title I Coordinator” of the Sevier County School System for the school year 1971-1972, in that, the defendant had padlocked the offices of the Title I Coordinator and denied access to the records located therein, thereby preventing and frustrating the plaintiff’s performance of his duties in said position.

The defense…