Mitchell v. Skinner

HOUSTON, Justice.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, 796 F.Supp. 1464, certified the following questions of law to us:

“1. At the time his contract was terminated by the Hoover board of education on April 29, 1991, had C. Robert Mitchell, as superintendent, of the Hoover school system, attained ‘continuing service status’ as defined at Ala.Code [1975,] § 16-24-2?

“2. If [Dr.] Mitchell had attained ‘continuing service status’ on April 29, 1991, did he ‘abandon’ his tenure rights by entering into a contract on March 5, 1991, that contained a provision permitting…