Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sunbury School District
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 10, 1939No. Appeal, 206PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Drew,
Plaintiff, M. Louise Hetrick, filed a petition for a writ of alternative mandamus commanding the defendant, the Board of Directors of the School District of the City of Sunbury, to acknowledge her as a lawful, duly qualified, professional employee and teacher of music, and to execute a written contract with her as provided by the Teachers’ Tenure Act of April 6, 1937, P. L. 213, The Board of School Directors filed an answer admitting that plaintiff had been employed, but averred that she had been employed only as a supply teacher to temporarily fill a vacancy that…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Hibbs v. ArensbergSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Ehret v. Kulpmont Borough School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Walker's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Arbuckle's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- McCrea v. Pine Tp. School Dist., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1891
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Board of Education of the School District v. Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Local No. 3Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Smith v. Darby School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Shumaker v. New York & Pennsylvania Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Mullen v. DuBois Area School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board v. State College Area School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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