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TUOMALA v. REGENT UNIVERSITY

Record No. 952286.

477 S.E.2d 501 (1996)

252 Va. 368

Jeffrey C. TUOMALA, et al. v. REGENT UNIVERSITY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Robinson, Jr., Washington, DC (Wright, Robinson, Osthimer & Tatum, on briefs), for appellants.

Thomas M. Lucas (Dean T. Buckius, Ronda L. Brown, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, LACY, KEENAN and KOONTZ, JJ., and WHITING, Senior Justice.

KEENAN, Justice.

The primary issue in this appeal is whether an employer's refusal to renew an employment contract under its original terms constituted a breach of contract.

Three professors at Regent University (Regent), Jeffrey C. Tuomala, Elaine Shouse Waller, and Clifford W. Kelly (collectively, the professors), filed declaratory judgment suits seeking a determination of rights under their faculty contracts. The professors alleged that their contracts...

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