Legal Opinion
Foster v. BLOUNT CTY. BD. OF EDUCATION
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 3, 1976PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
After she had taught in the public schools of Blount County for three school years, the County Board of Education did not renew Mrs. Foster's contract for a fourth year.
In the Spring of her third year as a teacher in the system, Mrs. Foster became pregnant and filed a request for maternity leave with Standridge, Superintendent of the Blount County Board of Education. The superintendent did not present this request to the Board, but instead recommended to the Board that Mrs. Foster's contract not be renewed. The Board followed that recommendation and her contract was not renewed for a fourth…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State Ex Rel. Steele v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
- Irby v. McGowanDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1974
3Cited by29 opinions
- Belcher v. Jefferson County Bd. of Educ.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1985
- Ex Parte HayesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
- Shiver v. Butler County Bd. of Educ.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2000
- Collier v. BucknerDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 2018
- Nancy A. Carmichael v. Chambers County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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