CANIPE v. MEMPHIS CITY SCHOOLS BD. OF EDUC.


27 S.W.3d 919 (2000)

Ronnie Lee CANIPE v. The MEMPHIS CITY SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

October 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Hampton White, Richard L. Colbert, and Kurtis J. Winstead, Nashville, for the appellant, Ronnie Lee Canipe.

Ernest G. Kelly, Jr., Memphis, for the appellee, the Memphis City Schools Board of Education.


OPINION

BIRCH, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ANDERSON, C.J., HOLDER and BARKER, JJ., joined.

This appeal arises from a decision by the defendant, the Memphis City Schools Board of Education, to terminate the plaintiff, Ronnie Lee Canipe, a tenured teacher. At the hearing, the Board found that Canipe had entered a guilty plea to sexual battery pursuant to a diversion agreement. Based on this and other evidence, the Board terminated Canipe...

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