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Fairfield Board of Education v. Acoff

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided June 27, 2003No. 2020309Published

1Opinion of the Court

PITTMAN, Judge.

The Fairfield Board of Education (“the Board”) appeals from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court issuing a writ of mandamus reversing an order of the Alabama State Tenure Commission and requiring the Board to hold a hearing on whether to terminate the employment contract of Roosevelt Acoff, Jr., a teacher employed in the Fairfield school system on continuing-service status (i.e., a tenured teacher). We reverse and remand.

The record reveals that in October 2001 the superintendent of the Fairfield school system sent Acoff a letter, by hand delivery and by mail addressed to…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. St. John Dixon v. Alabama State Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
  2. William C. Ferguson v. Alvin I. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  3. Weldon Wells, Cross-Appellee v. Dallas Independent School District, CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  4. Sumter Cty. Bd. of Ed. v. ALABAMA STATE TENURESupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
  5. Ex Parte Alabama State Tenure Com'nSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989

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