Legal Opinion
Detroit Board of Education v. Parks
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided June 27, 1983No. Docket Nos. 65818-65821. (Calendar No. 6)PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrickley, J.
These consolidated cases present the same legal issues. Appellants contend that a tenured teacher cannot be discharged for failing to pay agency service fees to an authorized bargaining representative. Alternatively, they contend, if discharge is permissible, resort must be had to the substantive and procedural provisions of the teacher tenure act, MCL 38.71 et seq.; MSA 15.1971 et seq. We disagree.
We find it best, as did the Court of Appeals, to consider this case in the factual setting of Parks. 1 Anne B. Parks had been a teacher in the Detroit Public Schools since 1935. Beginning with the…
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