Legal Opinion
BRISTOL SCH. DEPT. v. Board of Regents for Education
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided January 17, 1979No. 77-27-AppealPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJoslin, J.
In February 1971, Jeannine C. Mills, a tenured schoolteacher in the Bristol School system, was notified by the Bristol School Committee that she would not be reappointed for the 1974-75 school year. She appealed first to the Commissioner for Education, who ruled against her, and then to the Board of Regents for Education, which reversed the commissioner and ordered the school committee to reinstate her with backpay and benefits. The school committee then appealed to the Superior Court, which (1) dismissed the appeal for want of subject matter jurisdiction, and (2) granted the teacher’s…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Schiavulli v. SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF TOWN OF NO. PROVIDENCESupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1975
- Jacob v. BurkeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1972
- East Providence Credit Union v. BrownSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1968
- Jacob v. Board of Regents for EducationSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1976
- Boudreau v. HolzerSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1971
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Providence School Department v. Ana C., a MinorCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- Cranston Teachers' Ass'n v. Cranston School CommitteeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1981
- Ciccone v. Cranston School CommitteeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1986
- Leonard v. MattosSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1986
- Northup v. CorrenteSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
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