DAVIS v. BARR


646 S.W.2d 914 (1983)

Reva P. DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jim BARR, Superintendent of the Jefferson County School System, et al., Defendants-Appellants, and William M. Leech, Jr., Attorney General of Tennessee, Defendant-Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

March 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T.E. Forgety, Jr., Dandridge, for defendants-appellants.

Carl Robert Ogle, Jr., Jefferson, for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert B. Littleton, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant-intervenor.


OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This case involves the interpretation of T.C.A. § 49-1416(8), an integral part of the statutory scheme dealing with the dismissal and suspension of tenured teachers.

Plaintiff, Reva Davis, a teacher in the Jefferson County School System, was suspended by Jim Barr, the Superintendent of Schools, on October 5, 1978.1 Subsequent to the suspension, the Defendant, Barr, preferred charges against...

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