Frye v. Memphis State University

806 S.W.2d 170 (1991)

Roland L. FRYE, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

February 19, 1991.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1991.

Dan M. Norwood, Frank Deslauriers, Memphis, for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Linda D. Walton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendants-appellees.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This appeal has been initiated by Roland L. Frye, Plaintiff-Appellant, a tenured faculty professor at Memphis State University, Defendant-Appellee, based upon a Shelby County Chancery Court…