Marksbury v. Board of Education

These are teacher contract termination cases. On April 19, 1976, following a hearing, the Board of Education voted to terminate the appellees’ contracts at the end of the 1975-76 school year. The cases were consolidated for trial in the District Court. On December 16, 1976, the District Court reversed the decision of the Board and ordered the teachers reinstated. Appellant Board of Education prosecutes this appeal. We reverse.

Appellees had been employed for several years as teachers in the Winnebago school system. Their contracts, however, were terminated for cause at the end of the 1974-75…