Dickerson v. Alabama State University

In 2000, Alabama State University ("ASU") terminated Ronald Dickerson from his position as head football coach at ASU. As a result of that termination, Dickerson sued ASU, then president of ASU Roosevelt Steptoe, and various members of the Board of Trustees of ASU ("the Board") in their official and individual capacities. The defendants filed motions to dismiss on the grounds of sovereign and State-agent immunity. Montgomery Circuit Judge Sarah M. Greenhaw, in an order dated November 29, 2001, granted the motions and dismissed Dickerson's claims without prejudice, with one exception: the…