Legal Opinion
Paradis v. School Administrative District No. 33 School Board
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 7, 1982PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
In this case on appeal from Superior Court (Aroostook County), we are asked to construe the portion of 20 M.R.S.A. § 161(5) 1 that governs the elimination of teaching positions in public schools. Concluding that the court below erred as a matter of law in interpreting the statute to contain an implicit seniority principle, we remand the case for determination of the narrow question whether defendant School Board of School Administrative District No. 33 2 (the “School Board”) exceeded its statutory authority in terminating plaintiff’s teaching contract.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Colby v. York County CommissionersSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
- Board of Directors v. Maine School Administrative District No. 36 Teachers Ass'nSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- Kenaston v. School Administrative District 40Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
- Board of Directors of Maine School Administrative District No. 33 v. Teachers Ass'n of Maine School Administrative District No. 33Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
3Cited by9 opinions
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- Babb v. Independent School District No. I-5 of Rogers CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1992
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