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STATE EX REL. CHAPDELAINE v. TORRENCE

532 S.W.2d 542 (1975)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Perry A. CHAPDELAINE, Appellee, v. A.P. TORRENCE, President of Tennessee State University, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

On Petition to Rehear January 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.A. Ashley, Jr., Atty. Gen., Richard Lodge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellants.

James D. Peterson, Peterson & Buerger, Franklin, Tenn., for appellee.

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This civil action arises under the college and university teachers tenure law (§ 49-1421, et seq. T.C.A.), and presents principally the dual questions of a university professor's entitlement to tenure status and the remedies available for his wrongful dismissal. The Chancellor held that plaintiff was a tenurial teacher and awarded back pay, but declined to order reinstatement. All necessary and proper parties are before the Court...

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