DeVito v. Board of Education

317 S.E.2d 159 (1984)

Teresa M. DeVITO

v.

The BOARD OF EDUCATION, etc., et al.

No. 15885.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

June 8, 1984.

Jacqueline A. Kinnaman, West Virginia Education Assoc., Charleston, for appellants.

Charles E. Anderson, Pros. Atty., Fairmont, for appellee.

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

Teresa M. DeVito, a school teacher, was dismissed for wilful neglect of duty by the Marion County Board of Education (the Board) because she distributed "Fritz the Cat" cartoons to an art class. The Circuit Court of Marion County affirmed the Board. On this second appeal of this case, we again…