Lerner v. Los Angeles City Board of Education

We hold here that neither the statute of limitations nor laches bars plaintiff Lerner’s right to reinstatement as a permanent teacher in the Los Angeles City High School District. That board’s automatic termination of his certificate rested exclusively on the state board’s revocation under Education Code section 12756. Ultimately the state board reversed its action as illegal under court decision. The interval of time so involved covered a period, commencing with the original termination by the city board, greater than *386that of the applicable statute of limitations. Since Lerner, however,…