Legal Opinion
Downey v. School Committee
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 28, 1940PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
This is a petition by a school teacher of Lowell for a writ of mandamus to require the school committee to restore her to the rank and salary of principal of a grammar school. A single justice found the facts to be as stated in the report of an auditor, and ordered the petition dismissed, but not on the ground of discretion. The petitioner excepted to this order.
The petitioner was elected principal of the Edson grammar school in 1929, after long service as a teacher. She served as principal at a salary of $3,600 until, in June, 1937, the Edson grammar school was closed in the interest of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Rinaldo v. School Committee of RevereMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Frye v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Paquette v. City of Fall RiverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- McKenna v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- McDevitt v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
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3Cited by34 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Ging v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1942
- School Committee of West Springfield v. KorbutMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Boston Teachers Union v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Berkshire Hills Regional School District Committee v. Berkshire Hills Education Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Kelley v. School Committee of WatertownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
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