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Sumter Cty. Bd. of Ed. v. ALABAMA STATE TENURE

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided July 13, 1977No. Civ. 1119PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is a teacher tenure case.

The contract of a teacher with continuing service status (tenure) under Title 52, Sec. 352, Code of Alabama (1940) (Recomp. 1958), was cancelled by his employer, Sumter County Board of Education. The teacher (Levon Puckett) appealed the decision of the Board to the Alabama State Tenure Commission as permitted by Title 52, Sec. 360. The Commission found the evidence presented to the Board insufficient to support the reasons given for the cancellation and thus arbitrarily unjust. The Board was ordered to reinstate the teacher to his former position.

The Board sought…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Marshall County Board of Education v. State Tenure CommissionSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  2. Woods v. Board of Education of Walker CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1953

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Sumter Cty. Bd. of Ed. v. ALABAMA STATE TENURESupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
  2. Ex Parte Alabama State Tenure Com'nSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
  3. Ex Parte Alabama State Tenure Com'nSupreme Court of Alabama · 1994
  4. Odom v. Alabama State Tenure Com'nCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2000
  5. Wright v. Bd. of Sch. Com'rs of Mob. Cty.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1981

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