Legal Opinion · Dissent

Bates v. Board of Education

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided September 27, 1949No. 10197Published

1DissentRiley, Judge

With deference, I dissent from the majority opinion. In doing so, I do not disagree with the positions taken in the majority opinion that (1) This Court ordinarily will not interfere in disputes which necessarily arise among teachers of this State and the respective county boards of education; (2) that the assignment of teachers to particular schools is a matter within the sound discretion of a board of education to be made upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools, as held in Weaver v. The Board of Education of Calhoun County, 128 W. Va. 42, 35 S. E. (2d) 679; (3) that the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. School Board v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1987
  2. Watson v. Buckhannon River Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Neal v. Board of EducationWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1935
  4. White v. Board of Education of Lincoln CountyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1936
  5. Summit Coal Co. v. Raleigh Smokeless Fuel Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1925

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