Memphis Community Schools v. Henderson

Petitioner appeals as of right from an order of the Ingham Circuit Court affirming a decision of the State Tenure Commission (the commission) finding that respondent, a teacher, was not discharged by petitioner for reasonable and just cause. By affirming that order, we put to rest fourteen years of litigation. Unfortunately, we find that a synopsis of the fourteen-year procedural history of this case is required.

Respondent was employed by petitioner during the 1969-70 and 1970-71 school years as a third grade teacher. On March 31, 1971, respondent received a letter from the district’s…