Legal Opinion
Arduini v. Board of Education
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 6, 1981No. 16504PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mills
“Liquidated damages” policy as to teachers’ contracts.
Resignation of a tenured teacher.
Does a school board have authority to adopt such a policy?
If so, was it enforceable as to this teacher?
Yes — to both inquiries.
We affirm.
We are required in this case to determine the validity of the following liquidated damages policy adopted by defendant school board:
“All contracts between the Pontiac Township High School and certificated personnel are entered into in good faith with the intent that the obligations stated in or implied by the contract are to be met fully.
Procedures for resignations to be…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Bauer v. SawyerIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
- People Ex Rel. Wilcox v. Equity Funding Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1975
- Scofield v. TompkinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
- Builder's Concrete v. Faubel & Sons, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- Curtin v. OgbornAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Lake River Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Carborundum Company, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Arrowhead Sch. Dist. 75, Park Co. v. KlyapMontana Supreme Court · 2003
- Stone v. City of ArcolaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1989
- Sementa v. TylmanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1992
- Arduini v. Board of Education of Pontiac Township High SchoolIllinois Supreme Court · 1982
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