Jason S. Corley v. Valerie A. Richardson

Summary

The Supreme Court of Alabama affirmed the dismissal of Corley's action against the president of Bishop State Community College, with the per curiam opinion providing no reasoning. Justice Murdock concurred specially, reasoning that the alleged employment arrangement did not fit the narrow ministerial-duty exception to sovereign immunity and that limitations concerns also undermined the claim. Justices Parker and Shaw, dissenting, would have held that the complaint sufficiently alleged a ministerial-duty claim to survive dismissal and allow discovery.