Legal Opinion
Pookman v. SCH. DIST. OF UP. ST. CLAIR TP.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 20, 1984No. 39 W.D. Appeal Docket 1984PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN, Justice.
The issue presented by this case is whether certain teacher employees (appellees) were tenured or non-tenured in relation to the Upper St. Clair school district’s (appellant’s) decision not to renew these teacher employees’ contracts.
Appellees, Rona Pookman, Frank Eisenreich and Janis Muraca, were hired by the Upper St. Clair school district in August, 1979. During appellees’ second year of teaching, on April 30, 1981, the district decided not to renew their contracts, due to a significant decline in student enrollment in the district.1 The district’s…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Phillippi v. School District of Springfield TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Pease v. Millcreek Township School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Pookman v. School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
3Cited by6 opinions
- Clites v. Township of Upper YoderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Jarrett v. Wattsburg Area School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Wattsburg Area School District v. JarrettCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Clites v. Township of Upper YoderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Pookman v. SCH. DIST. OF UP. ST. CLAIR TP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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