Ala. State Tenure Commission v. Morrow

This case involves the decision of the Greene County Board of Education (Board) to cancel the employment contract of Joe F. Morrow, a teacher at Eutaw High School. Morrow appealed the Board's decision to the Alabama State Tenure Commission (Commission), which affirmed the action of the Board.

Morrow filed a petition for a writ of mandamus with the Circuit Court of Greene County. In his petition Morrow requested that the circuit court issue the writ of mandamus, requiring the Commission to set aside its decision affirming the Board's action.

The circuit court issued the writ of mandamus, set…