Legal Opinion

Childs v. Roane County Board of Education

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided April 24, 1996PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

The Roane County Board of Education (Board) dismissed plaintiff from her position as a tenured teacher, and she brought this action claiming the Board violated the Teacher Tenure Act in that the Board’s decision was arbitrary and capricious and that her dismissal did not comport with due process.

The Chancellor determined the evidence supported the Board’s findings that Plaintiff had committed acts which demonstrated inefficiency, incompetence, neglect of duty, and insubordination. He also determined that the hearings, held in three sessions, satisfied the requirements of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Vitarelli v. SeatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  2. Zack Cheek Builders, Inc. v. McLeodTennessee Supreme Court · 1980
  3. State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Kansas · 1990
  4. Mitchell v. GarrettTennessee Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Potts v. GibsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1971

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Smith v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2002
  2. House v. Independent School District I-29 of Muskogee CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1997
  3. Hall v. Board of Trustees of Sumter County School District No. 2Court of Appeals of South Carolina · 1998
  4. Graham v. Putnam County Board of EducationWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2002
  5. Arlon Way v. Jim Hall & The Cumberland County Bd. of Ed.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001

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