State Tenure Commission v. Ezell

ALMON, Justice.

This case is about the teacher tenure laws, Ala.Code 1975, § 16-24-1 et seq.

Estell Ezell filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in circuit court requesting that the court order the Alabama State Tenure Commission (“the Commission”) to vacate its order affirming the action of the Choctaw County Board of Education (“the Board”). The trial court granted the writ and the Commission appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals, which reversed the judgment of the trial court, 545 So.2d 50 (1988). Ezell petitioned this Court for a writ of certiorari.

In 1975, Ezell was employed as the…