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PHILLIPS v. STATE BD. OF REGENTS

863 S.W.2d 45 (1993)

Betty J. PHILLIPS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The STATE BOARD OF REGENTS OF the STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM OF the STATE OF TENNESSEE; Shelby State Community College; The State of Tennessee; Thomas J. Garland in his Official Capacity as Chancellor of the State University and Community College System of Tennessee; and Raymond C. Bowen in his Official Capacity as President of Shelby State Community College, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

September 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Wilson, Jr., Memphis, for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Jane W. Young, Asst. Atty. Gen., Steven A. Hart, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendants-appellees.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

In this direct appeal, the Chancellor upheld the termination of a tenured faculty member at Shelby State Community College upon the statutory ground of "capricious disregard of accepted standards of professional conduct."1 The appellant faculty member raises three issues for our review. The first is whether the charge was established by clear and convincing evidence. The second is whether there...

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