Legal Opinion
Ballard v. Independent School District No. 4 of Bryan County
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 27, 2003No. 00-7099PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CERTIFICATION OF STATE LAW QUESTION
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, on its own motion pursuant to 10th Cir. R. 27.1 and OKLA. STAT. tit. 20, §§ 1601-11, hereby certifies to the Oklahoma Supreme Court the following unsettled question of state law which may determine the outcome in the above-captioned action:
Whether a teacher’s unexecuted threat to physically assault the school superintendent and another teacher, made on school premises but outside the general purview of the students, constitutes “moral turpitude” justifying his dismissal under…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Morrison v. State Board of EducationCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- Winfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1920
- Multiple Injury Trust Fund v. PullumSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2001
- Childers v. Independent School District No. 1 of Bryan CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1981
- Hawzipta v. Independent School District No. 1-004 of Noble CountyCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 2000
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Ballard v. Independent School District No. 4 of Bryan CountyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2003