Davis v. Board of Education

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This case primarily concerns the question of whether a public school district effectively terminated the contract under which plaintiff Richard C. Davis was employed as its superintendent. At issue is the interpretation of and relationship between legislation requiring the meetings of public bodies to be open to the public and legislation prescribing the procedure for dismissal of a school superintendent.

The crucial portions of these statutes are the following:

Section 2 of the Open Meetings Act which provides in part,

“All meetings…