Legal Opinion
Haggard v. Board of Regents of University System
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 9, 1987No. 44635, 44636PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Weltner, Justice.
Four students at the University of Georgia filed a lengthy complaint against “the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Dr. Henry King Stanford, Dr. Allen W. Barber, and the University of Georgia Athletic Association, Inc.” The individual defendants were sued in their representative capacities, both as employees of the Board and as officers of the athletic association.
After a hearing on motions to dismiss filed by the Board and the association, the trial court dismissed the Board, along with the individual employees of the Board, on the basis of sovereign…
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