State Ex Rel. Lambert v. Hastings

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court denying plaintiff’s writ of mandamus to compel the defendants, directors of Brookings-Harbor School District No. 17-C, to renew plaintiff’s teaching contract for the 1971-72 school year.

The primary issue presented is whether the notice which defendants sent to plaintiff was legally sufficient under ORS 342.513. ①

Plaintiff was employed as a full-time teacher for the district for the 1970-71 school year. Plaintiff was a nontenured teacher, and was therefore ineligible for a three-year contract under the existing law. On March 15,1971,…