Keiser v. State Board of Regents of Higher Education

Marjorie B. Keiser, petitioner, sued the respondents in District Court, Eighteenth Judicial District, Gallatin County, for mandamus and declaratory judgment. She contended that the “continuous tenure” term of her last contract as Director of the School of Home Economics at Montana State University entitled her to receive the salary and the terms of that last contract, though she was no longer employed as the Director. After a nonjury trial, her petition for mandamus and declaratory judgment was denied. She has timely appealed.

The issue for us to decide is what the term “continuous tenure”…