Legal Opinion
Rockwell v. Crestwood School District Board of Education
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided April 4, 1975No. 56618, (Calendar No. 1)PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevin, J.
The issue is whether school teachers who strike may be discharged without a prior hearing.
Resolution requires construction of the public employment relations act (the PERA) 1 in relation to the teachers’ tenure act 2 and consideration of the teachers’ claim that the PERA is violative of the Due Process Clause unless construed to require a prior hearing.
Section 6 of the PERA provides that public employees who, in concerted action with others, in support of efforts to obtain a change in compensation or other conditions of employment, fail to render services shall be deemed on strike. If the…
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3Cited by124 opinions
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