Jackson v. Alabama State Tenure Commission

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

Lucy Jackson, a teacher, was terminated by the Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County (Board). Jackson appealed her termination to the Alabama State Tenure Commission (Commission), which affirmed the action of the Board. Jackson then filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the Circuit Court of Mobile County, requesting that the order of the Commission be reversed. The trial court denied Jackson’s request.

Jackson appeals the circuit court’s denial of her request for a writ of mandamus and asserts that her termination must be canceled because, she says, it…