Phenix City Bd. of Educ. v. Teague

This case arises out of a dispute between the Phenix City Board of Education and the Lee County Board of Education concerning whether students who live in an area of Lee County which has been annexed into Phenix City have the option of attending either the city schools or the county schools.

The Phenix City Board of Education filed a petition for both mandamus and declaratory judgment in the Montgomery County Circuit Court against Dr. Wayne Teague, State Superintendent of Education, and others. The principal goal of the proceedings was to require Dr. Teague to determine which schools children…