Light v. Board of Education

170 Conn. 35 (1975)

SUSAN LIGHT

v.

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE TOWN OF LEBANON

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Argued October 16, 1975.

Decision released December 23, 1975.

HOUSE, C. J., COTTER, LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI and MACDONALD, JS.

Martin A. Gould, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Thomas N. Sullivan, for the appellee (defendant).

COTTER, J.

The plaintiff, a nontenured teacher, sought, inter alia, a writ of mandamus ordering that she be retained as a certified employee of the defendant board of education. She claimed that the defendant's nonrenewal of her contract was in violation of the provisions of…