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STATE, EX REL. ESTEP v. PETERS

815 S.W.2d 161 (1991)

STATE of Tennessee, Upon Relation of James D. ESTEP, III, County Attorney for Claiborne County, Tennessee, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Dennis L. PETERS, Defendant/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

August 5, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda J. Hamilton Mowles, John M. Neal, Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, George W. Morton, Morton & Morton, Knoxville, Thomas J. Garland, Jr., Milligan & Coleman, Greeneville, for defendant-appellant.

Michael B. Kinnard, P. Edward Pratt, Baker, Worthington, Crossley, Stansberry & Woolf, Knoxville, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

In this direct appeal, we are asked to decide whether a county school superintendent, who knowingly and willfully misapplied public funds without an intent to benefit personally from his actions, may be ousted for misconduct under Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-47-101. The Chancellor's judgment ousted Dennis Peters from his position as superintendent of schools for Claiborne County for knowingly...

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