Burton v. Alabama State Tenure Com'n

The Birmingham Board of Education (board) terminated the services of Leroy Burton (Burton), as teacher-principal at West End Night School (West End). The record indicates that Burton taught for twenty-nine years prior to the occurrence leading to the termination of his services at West End.

The record reveals that on March 8, 1988, Burton was attacked, while attempting to stop a fight involving four young men and a student in the hallway of West End. When one of the assailants reached for something in his pocket, Burton discharged a firearm into the ground as a scare tactic. Although there…