Gentner v. Board of Education of Los Angeles City High School District

Petitioner John Gentner appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County denying a writ of mandate to compel the Board of Education of the Los Angeles City High School District to reinstate him as a permanent teacher in said district.

It is undisputed that petitioner had acquired the status of a “permanent” teacher in the Los Angeles City High School District under our Teachers’ Tenure Law. The Board of Education of said district refused to assign him to a position for the school term commencing September 12, 1927. On October 24, 1927, Susan M. Dorsey, as superintendent of…