Legal Opinion
Douglas v. Cincinnati Board of Education
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided May 20, 1992No. Nos. C-910183, C-910197PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
The defendant-appellant, the Cincinnati Board of Education (“board”), appeals from the judgment entered in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas for the plaintiff-appellee, Richard Douglas. The court overturned the board’s termination of Douglas’s teaching contracts, holding that decision to be against the manifest weight of the evidence. Douglas cross-appeals from the same judgment insofar as it limited his recovery to reinstatement and lost wages and benefits.
Douglas formerly was a tenured assistant principal employed by the board. During the 1985 and 1986 school years, Douglas was an…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Ruwe v. Board of Township TrusteesOhio Supreme Court · 1987
- Hale v. Board of EducationOhio Supreme Court · 1968
- Graziano v. Board of Education of the Amherst Exempted Village School DistrictOhio Supreme Court · 1987
- Powell v. YoungOhio Supreme Court · 1947
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