Nelson v. State Board of Education

LOTTINGER, Judge.

These consolidated cases arise from the termination of employment of a tenured professor at Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana. The plaintiff, Dr. Harvard Nelson, sues Southeastern Louisiana University, the State Board of Education for the State of Louisiana, and/or the State Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities (hereinafter collectively referred to as the Board). Both cases will be handled in this opinion.

The facts are undisputed that Dr. Harvard Nelson, a tenured professor in the agriculture department, began his teaching at Southeastern…