Legal Opinion
Burger v. Board of School Directors of McGuffey School District
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 21, 2002PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge LEADBETTER.
In this mandamus action, the.McGuffey School District (District) and its Board of Directors (Board) appeal from the December 1, 2000, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County (trial court). At issue is whether the District violated Section 1080 of the School Code1 when it suspended District Superintendent Dr. Anthony Burger (Dr. Burger) pending a removal hearing on grounds that he was sexually harassing employees. For reasons that follow, we conclude that mandamus does not lie and, therefore, we reverse.
In 1998, Dr. Burger was duly elected by the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. JeromeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Neshaminy Federation of Teachers v. Neshaminy School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Kaplan v. Philadelphia School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Shaler Area School District v. SalakasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Short v. School Administrative Unit No. 16Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1992
- Larsen v. State Employees' Retirement SystemDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2008
- Burger v. Board of School DirectorsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Dotterer v. School District of AllentownCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- In Re JaffeCourt of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania · 2003
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