Legal Opinion
Board of Education of Alamogordo Public Schools District No. 1 v. Jennings
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided September 2, 1982No. 5510PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NEAL, Judge.
Lyman Jennings, an assistant principal at Alamogordo Mid-High, was fired by the Alamogordo School Board (Local Board) for carrying on an extramarital affair with a secretary in the Mid-High office. Jennings appealed to the State Board of Education, § 22-10-20, N.M.S.A.1978, which reversed the Local Board. The Local Board appeals.
We affirm.
The romance began in late 1979, and died with the coming of spring. The secretary filed a complaint with the Local Board accusing Jennings of sexual harassment. After a hearing before the Local Board Jennings was fired.
The Local Board…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Hudgins v. Mooresville Consolidated School DistrictSupreme Court of Missouri · 1925
- Estate of MitchellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942
- State Ex Inf. McAllister Ex Rel. Lincoln v. BirdSupreme Court of Missouri · 1922
- Johnson v. WertSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1955
- Amador v. New Mexico State Board of EducationNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1969
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Board of Education of Alamogordo Public School District No. 1. v. JenningsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1985
- Redman v. BD. OF REGENTS OF NEW MEXICONew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1984
- Board of Education v. New Mexico State Board of EducationNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1987
- Cox v. Chino Mines/Phelps DodgeNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1993
- West v. San Jon Board of EducationNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2003
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