Legal Opinion
Higgins v. Board of Education
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided November 17, 1981No. 81-125PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SCOTT
delivered the opinion of the court:
James I. Higgins received notice at the end of the 1975-1976 school term that he was being honorably dismissed from his teaching position with the Board of Education of Community Unit School District No. 303, Bureau County, Illinois, due to a reduction in the size of the teaching staff. Mr. Higgins, believing that his dismissal violated certain statutory rights of tenured teachers, petitioned for a writ of mandamus in the Circuit Court of Bureau County seeking reinstatement of his employment. The circuit court, after hearing…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Johnson v. Board of Education of Decatur School District No. 61Illinois Supreme Court · 1981
- Hagopian v. Board of EducationAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- Caviness v. Board of Education of Ludlow Community Consolidated School District No. 142Appellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- Herbach v. Board of Education for School District No. 73Appellate Court of Illinois · 1981
- Newman v. Board of Education of Bluffs Community Unit School District No. 2Appellate Court of Illinois · 1981
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Costello v. Governing Board of Lee County Special Education Ass'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 1993
- Coats v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Kansas · 1983
- Peters v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF RANTOUL TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DIST.Illinois Supreme Court · 1983
- Birk v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF FLORA COMMUNITY UNIT SCH. DIST.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- Catron v. Board of EducationAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
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