Legal Opinion
Board of Education v. Crawford
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 5, 1979No. 31PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
We shall here hold that the Maryland State Board of Education (the State Board) erred when it awarded back pay to respondent, Margaret R. Crawford (Mrs. Crawford), on the theory of a wrongful dismissal which it regarded as a breach of contract. The only constitutional deprivation suffered by Mrs. Crawford was procedural in nature since the State Board found that she was in fact incompetent. The State Board relied in part upon Thomas v. Ward, 529 F. 2d 916 (4th Cir. 1975), and Horton v. Orange County Board of Education, 464 F. 2d 536 (4th Cir. 1972), upon which latter case Thomas rested. As we…
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