Legal Opinion
Jacob v. Board of Regents for Education
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided November 4, 1976No. 75-14-AppealPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKelleher, J.
This is certiorari. The petitioner is a schoolteacher who is 'Certified to teach in the public schools of this state. These proceedings mark the second time that we have been asked to review the refusal of the South Kingstown School Committee to renew the petitioner’s employment contract for the 1971-72 school year. Earlier, in Jacob v. Burke, 110 R. I. 661, 296 A.2d 456 (1972), we marked the trail that must be taken by a tenured teacher who seeks judicial assistance in challenging a dismissal or a nontenured teacher who seeks to dispute a school committee’s failure to renew the annual…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Patrica Drown v. Portsmouth School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- Donaldson v. Bd. of Ed. of No. WildwoodSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1974
- Schiavulli v. SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF TOWN OF NO. PROVIDENCESupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1975
- Jacob v. BurkeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1972
- Altman v. School Committee of Town of ScituateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1975
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3Cited by19 opinions
- School Committee of Providence v. Board of Regents for EducationSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1981
- Barber v. Exeter-West Greenwich School CommitteeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
- Ventetuolo v. BurkeDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1978
- Corrigan v. DonilonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1981
- BRISTOL SCH. DEPT. v. Board of Regents for EducationSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
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