Balen v. Peralta Junior College District

Opinion

MOSK, J.

Plaintiff H. Pat Balen, a certificated public school teacher, appeals from a summary judgment for defendant college district in an action to compel the district to set aside its allegedly wrongful dismissal of plaintiff, and for other related relief.

Because this appeal arises from a summary judgment, we must accept as true the following facts generally alleged by plaintiff in his affidavits. (Desny v. Wilder (1956) 46 Cal.2d 715, 725 [299 P.2d 257].)

Balen was hired in 1965 as an hourly instructor to teach speech in the evening program at Laney College. He was continuously…