Ashe v. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University

| aThe plaintiff appeals a summary judgment that dismissed her suit alleging breaches of an employment contract. We affirm.

FACTS

The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (LSU) hired the plaintiff, Dr, Althea Ashe, in 1987 as an instructor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Dr. Ashe received a “term appointment,” meaning her employment was for a specified period of time, as coritrasted to a “tenured appointment,” which is more indefinite in duration and offers a track to á tenured teaching position. The parties signed a…