Legal Opinion
Hester v. Lowndes County School District
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided August 20, 2013No. Nos. 2012-CC-00619-COA, 2012-CC-00852-COAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIR, J., for the Court:
¶ 1. This is a consolidated appeal from the termination of two employees of the Lowndes County School District. Stacy Hester, once the baseball coach at New Hope High School, was fired for financing a $15,000 fairway mower in the school’s name. Principal Joseph Wright was terminated for executing a document purporting to give Hester the authority to bind *327the school in the purchase. Both appealed their firings to the Lowndes County Chancery Court, which affirmed Hester’s termination and reversed Wright’s, awarding him lost wages. Hester and the school district appeal…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- GODFREY v. Huntington Lumber & Supply CompanyMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
- Wilder v. HAZLEHURST CITY SCHOOL DIST.Court of Appeals of Mississippi · 2007
- Burks v. Amite County School Dist.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1998
- Mississippi Transp. Com'n v. AnsonMississippi Supreme Court · 2004
- Harris v. CANTON SEPARATE PUB. SCHOOL BD. OF EDUC.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1995
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