Southern Union State v. Salatto, 2091201 (ala.civ.app. 10-7-2011)

PITTMAN, Judge.

These appeals arise from a judgment entered by the Montgomery Circuit Court concerning the legality of the removal of Susan Salatto from the office of president of Southern Union State Community College (“Southern Union”).

On January 24, 2008, the Alabama State Board of Education (“the Board”) voted to remove Salatto from the office of president of Southern Union over the objection of her counsel, who contended that the removal could not validly occur except under the authority of, and consistent with the terms of, the Fair Dismissal Act, § 36-26-100 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the…