DORRIER v. DARK


537 S.W.2d 888 (1976)

C.R. DORRIER et al., Appellants, v. James O. DARK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 17, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Harris, III, Metropolitan Atty., Dept. of Law of Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Nashville, William F. Howard, Metropolitan Atty., Dept. of Law of Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Nashville, for appellants.

Charles H. Warfield, Farris, Evans & Warfield, William L. Small, Farris, Evans & Warfield, Nashville, for appellee.


OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

Written charges of neglect of duty and conduct unbecoming a teacher were preferred against James O. Dark, a tenured teacher, by the Director of Schools. He requested and was granted a hearing before the Metropolitan Board of Education, in accordance with the provisions of T.C.A. § 49-1416, which resulted in a judgment terminating him as a teacher.

Dark sought judicial review of that decision in the Chancery Court...

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