Nethercutt v. Pulaski County Special School District

Frank Holt, Justice.

The appellants are public school teachers whose individual contracts were not renewed by appellee for the academic year 1969-70. Appellants alleged in their consolidated and amended complaints that they had invested many years of work and training, together with large sums of money, qualifying themselves “to pursue the teaching profession;” that their right to pursue their profession is “a valuable property right;” that if their teaching careers are terminated, each would be ineligible to continue membership in the Teachers Retirement System in which they have a direct…