Johnson v. Ala. Agr. & Mechanical University

Doris Johnson filed an action against the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, its president, and its trustees, seeking a declaratory judgment as to the validity of her removal from the faculty of that University. The trial court ruled that the plaintiff was not entitled to relief, and she appeals.

Johnson was a tenured member of the University's faculty. Her relationship with the school was governed by a faculty handbook, which provided the following procedure for terminating a tenured faculty member:

"1. The employee will be advised in writing of the cause or causes of his or her…