Legal Opinion
Hartman v. Merged Area VI Community College
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 18, 1978No. 2-60731PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLBEE, Justice.
This appeal requires that we determine the meaning of the phrase “any good cause” found in § 279.24, The Code 1973. 1 The question is whether declining enrollment and the deterioration of a school district’s financial position are “good cause” for the dismissal of a teacher under § 279.24. 2
The facts are stipulated. Plaintiff, William Hartman, was employed full time by the defendant community college as a teacher during the 1972-73 school year. Due to the current and projected declining enrollment and an increasingly difficult financial position, defendant’s board of directors…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Janson v. FultonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968
- Iowa National Industrial Loan Co. v. Iowa State Department of RevenueSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
- Ehret v. Kulpmont Borough School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Hubbell v. HigginsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
- Federated Mutual Implement & Hardware Insurance Co. v. DunkelbergerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Briggs v. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ETC.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- BD. OF ED. OF FORT MADISON COMMUNITY v. YouelSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- State v. EgeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- De More by De More v. DietersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1983
- Stearns v. KeanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
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