Legal Opinion
Shiffer v. Board of Education of Gibraltar School District
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 19, 1974No. 4 June Term 1974, Docket No. 54,856PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevin, J.
The Board of Education of Gibraltar School District appeals a decision of the Teachers’ Tenure Commission reinstating George Shiffer as a tenured teacher and directing that he be paid "all lost wages”.
The principal question is whether in determining the amount of "salary [Shiffer] lost as a result of such suspension”, there should be deducted amounts he earned or could have earned from other employment.
Justice Williams states that the statutory language, "all salary lost”, is "plain and unambiguous in its terms” and that the legislative purpose in enacting the Teachers’ Tenure Act was to…
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