Amos v. Union Free School District No. 9

Judgment unanimously reversed, on the law, with costs, and petition granted in accordance with the following memorandum: Petitioner brought an article 78 proceeding seeking reinstatement as a tenured teacher and back pay. The proceeding was commenced within four months of respondents’ refusal to reinstate petitioner and thus is not time barred (CPLR 217). Petitioner was certified in French and also taught courses in Mathematics, English and Introduction to Business. The trial court upheld respondents’ dismissal of petitioner as the French teacher with least tenure. This was error for, when…