Legal Opinion
Graham v. Special School District No. 1
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 12, 1991No. C8-90-1009PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONETT, Justice.
This case asks whether certain factual determinations made in a teacher termination proceeding may, by reason of collateral estoppel, preclude the teacher from relitigating those issues in a subsequent lawsuit.
On March 11, 1988, Teresa Graham, a social worker at the Ramsey Preschool Center, was suspended with pay pending an investigation of her “work behavior.” Two weeks later Graham started a lawsuit against the school district alleging defamation and retaliatory discrimination. Later that year, in the fall, the district commenced termination proceedings. A 9-day hearing…
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