Legal Opinion
Kinsella v. Board of Education of Central School District No. 7
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided October 21, 1975No. Civ. 1973-187PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CURTIN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Donald M. Kinsella, a tenured school teacher employed by defendant school district, originally brought suit to declare § 3020-a of the New York Education Law unconstitutional. That section outlines the procedures to be followed in a dismissal hearing. In a decision dated February 19, 1974, a three-judge district court held § 3020-a unconstitutional because it did not require the decision of the Board of Education to be based exclusively on evidence produced before the hearing panel, and because the Board did not have to state the factual basis and the reasoning…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Arnett v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Ex Parte PoreskySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Arthur v. NyquistDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1976
- Jones v. MorrisDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1981
- Kinsella v. Board of Education of Central School District No. 7Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- Papakonstantinou Ex Rel. Papakonstantinou v. CivilettiDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1980
- Kelly v. Board of Education of Central School District No. 1District Court, W.D. New York · 1977