Legal Opinion
City of Knoxville v. State Ex Rel. Hayward
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided November 25, 1939PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice DeHaven
This is a mandamus snit. The relator, Claudia Brooks Hayward, filed her petition herein seeking to compel the defendants, City of Knoxville and the Board of Education of Knoxville, to restore her as teacher in the public schools of the city, from which position she avers she was illegally discharged.
The trial judge found as a fact that relator was elected teacher by the Board of Education of Knoxville for three consecutive years, the last of said elections being' in April, 1937, for the school year 1937-8. The trial judge further found that relator was dismissed by the Board of Education…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Williams v. Mayor of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- City of Worcester v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Memphis Street Railway Co. v. JohnsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
- Scopes v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1927
- School City of Elwood v. State Ex Rel. GriffinIndiana Supreme Court · 1932
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Civil Service Merit Board of City of Knoxville v. BursonTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
- Town of McMinnville v. CurtisTennessee Supreme Court · 1946
- Board of Education v. Shelby CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
- Frazer v. CarrTennessee Supreme Court · 1962
- Brentwood Liquors Corp. of Williamson Cty. v. FoxTennessee Supreme Court · 1973
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