Legal Opinion
Belcher v. Jefferson County Bd. of Educ.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided July 19, 1985No. 83-1423, 84-577PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
These cases were consolidated on appeal because their resolution is dependent on the answer to the same question: Does a non-tenured teacher have a cause of action against an employer board of education for failing to follow its own teacher evaluation policy in deciding not to reemploy that teacher for another year? We find that such an action may be maintained, and we, therefore, reverse the judgment of the lower court.
Appellant Allen Graham was employed as a non-tenured teacher by the Jefferson County Board of Education for two years. During the second year, Graham was informed that he…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Service v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Vitarelli v. SeatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- DeStafney v. University of AlabamaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
- Cole v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Lassiter v. Alabama A & M UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Lassiter v. AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Hipps v. Lauderdale County Bd. of Educ.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1993
- Lee v. Hale County Board of EducationSupreme Court of Alabama · 2009
- Vardaman v. Florence City Bd. of Educ.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1989
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