Legal Opinion
Petrovich v. New Canaan Board of Education
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 29, 1983No. 10153PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPabskey, J.
The plaintiff is a nontenured, part-time teacher at New Canaan High School, whose position was terminated following a town referendum requiring the defendant to reduce its expenditures for the 1974-75 school year. The plaintiff brought an action seeking a declaratory judgment and a mandatory injunction reinstating her to a teaching position in the New Canaan school system and damages. From the judgment awarding her back pay for the 1974-75 school year only the plaintiff has appealed and the defendant has cross appealed. We find no error.
The facts are not in dispute. The plaintiff began…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Lee v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- Cahill v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- Milford Education Assn. v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Light v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Cahill v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- LaCroix v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- Drahan v. Board of EducationConnecticut Appellate Court · 1996
- Sekor v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- Brown v. JamesCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2010
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