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WELLS v. TENNESSEE BD. OF REGENTS

9 S.W.3d 779 (1999)

Alexander C. WELLS, Petitioner/Appellee, v. TENNESSEE BOARD OF REGENTS, Tennessee State University, and Dr. James Hefner, Respondents/Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

December 20, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Scruggs, Nashville, for Petitioner/Appellee.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General, Kevin Steiling, Deputy Attorney General, Nashville, for Respondents/Appellants.

OPINION

DROWOTA, J.

In this direct appeal, we must review the Chancery Court's reversal of the Tennessee Board of Regents' decision to terminate a tenured faculty member at Tennessee State University on the statutory ground of "capricious disregard of accepted standards of professional conduct."1 The Tennessee Board of Regents challenges the decision of the Chancery Court...

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