Legal Opinion
Durango School District No. 9-R v. Thorpe
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided July 21, 1980No. 79SC9PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rovira
We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Colorado Court of Appeals in Thorpe v. Durango School District No. 9-R et al., 41 Colo. App. 473, 591 P.2d 1329 (1978). We now affirm the judgment of the appellate court.
I
The respondent, John Thorpe, was a non-tenured teacher employed by the petitioner Durango School District No. 9-R during the 1974-1975 and 1975-1976 school years. In April 1976, the district did not renew the respondent’s teaching contract for the 1976-1977 school year. He brought suit against the petitioners (the school district, its board of education, and the members of…
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