Legal Opinion

Lambert v. Escambia County Board of Education

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided August 28, 2016No. 1130071PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MOORE, Chief Justice.

The Escambia County Board of Education (“the Board”) terminated the employment of John 'Lambert, a tenured teacher, as the band director at Flomaton High School for leaving a pistol in his school office, which was locked. A hearing officer subsequently' affirmed the Board’s decision. Lambert appealed and the Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the decision of the hearing officer. Lambert v. Escambia Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 199 So.3d 751 (Ala.Civ.App.2013). Lambert then petitioned this Court for a writ of certiorari. We reverse and remand.

I, Facts

In 1973, Lambert graduated from…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. MotleySupreme Court of Alabama · 2005
  2. State Farm Automobile Insurance Co. v. ReavesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  3. Ex Parte WilsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 2002
  4. Ex Parte Wilbanks Health Care ServicesSupreme Court of Alabama · 2007
  5. Ex Parte WilsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 2007

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Calhoun Community College v. HudsonCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2015
  2. Escambia Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. LambertCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2016
  3. J.F. Ingram State Technical College v. CarterCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2017
  4. Lambert v. Escambia County Board of EducationCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2016
  5. Boaz City School Board v. StewartCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2016

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