Watt v. Ann Arbor Board of Education

Following adverse decisions before the State Tenure Commission, each of the teachers in these cases filed a claim of appeal. Their claims of appeal were dismissed by orders of this Court stating that “[a] final order of the Tenure Commission is appealable by leave to the Court of Appeals” under MCL 38.104(7); MSA 15.2004(7). Appellants sought leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. In lieu of granting leave, the Supreme Court vacated this Court’s orders and remanded the cases for plenary consideration of the question whether the 1993 amendments of the teacher tenure act, MCL 38.71 el seq.; MSA…