Legal Opinion
Woods v. Board of Education of Walker County
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 29, 1953No. 6 Div. 500PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Justice.
The appeal is from an order of the circuit court of Walker County denying mandamus to require the Board of Education of the county to reinstate appellants to their former positions as teachers in the county-school system.
The proceeding was instituted pursuant to Code 1940, Title 52, § 358, as amended, on the premise that the action of the school board in dismissing appellants was not based upon any fixed rule or standard and was therefore arbitrarily unjust.
Appellants were teachers in the county school system and had attained continuing service status and were notified on…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Boswell v. BetheaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- Hawkins v. VinesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
3Cited by11 opinions
- Marshall County Board of Education v. State Tenure CommissionSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
- Clark v. Jefferson County Bd. of Ed.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1982
- Hargett v. FRANKLIN CTY. BD. OF ED.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1979
- Sumter Cty. Bd. of Ed. v. ALABAMA STATE TENURECourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1977
- Taborn v. HammondsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1989
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