BATES v. DEAL


728 S.W.2d 326 (1987)

K. Lynn BATES, Appellee, v. Edsel DEAL, et al., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

April 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Dietrich, Dietrich & Dietrich, Cleveland, for appellant.

Roger E. Jenne, Jenne, Scott & Sellers, Cleveland, for appellee.


OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Plaintiff Bates was a tenured teacher and principal in the Polk County School System until 1983 when he was dismissed by the Board of Education of that County. The chancellor reinstated him as a tenured teacher, but also found that the Board of Education was justified in removing him as a principal and suspending him without pay.

Both parties appealed to this Court. We filed an opinion on December 16, 1985, affirming the trial...

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