DUCKETT v. GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY

No. 47,082-CA.

92 So.3d 478 (2012)

Rick DUCKETT, Plaintiff-Appellant v. GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY and the Louisiana Board of Trustees for Colleges and Universities, a/k/a University of Louisiana Systems, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Scott Moore , for Appellant.

Decuir Clark & Adams, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, by Winston G. Decuir, Sr. , for Appellees Jason M. Decuir.

Before STEWART, CARAWAY and SEXTON (Pro Tempore), JJ.


CARAWAY, J.

In this case, the plaintiff was recruited by the university president and athletic director to become a head basketball coach at the state university. The plaintiff left a higher paying coaching job in another state on the assurance that he would receive a four-year term employment contract. The president of the university made that promise subject to the approval of the management board for the institution as required by Louisiana law. Upon plaintiff...

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