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WELLS v. TENNESSEE BD. OF REGENTS

231 S.W.3d 912 (2007)

Alexander C. WELLS v. TENNESSEE BOARD OF REGENTS, Tennessee State University, and James Hefner.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

August 17, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Jay C. Ballard, Assistant Attorney General, for the appellants, Tennessee Board of Regents, Tennessee State University, and James Hefner.

Phillip L. Davidson, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Alexander C. Wells.

OPINION

GARY R. WADE, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER and CORNELIA A. CLARK, JJ., joined.

We accepted review of this case to decide whether a tenured university professor whose employment by the State was wrongfully terminated may recover back pay and lost benefits pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 49-8-304. While the trial court initially found...

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