Legal Opinion
Davis v. Rhode Island Board of Regents for Education
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 13, 1979No. 77-20-M.PPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBevilacqua, C.J.
This is a petition for certiorari wherein the petitioner, Everett Davis (Davis), seeks review of a Superior Court judgment sustaining the decision of the Board of Regents. The Board of Regents affirmed the decision of the Commissioner of Education (commissioner), which upheld the dismissal of Davis by the Lincoln School Committee (school committee).
Davis began teaching in the Lincoln School Department in September 1963. He became tenured in 1966. On October 5, 1973, however, the school committee notified Davis that it was dismissing him from his teaching position. A dismissal hearing was…
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- Jacob v. Board of Regents for EducationSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1976
- Latham v. STATE, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1976
- Bove v. Board of Review of City of NewportSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1962
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