Legal Opinion

Ridenour v. Board of Education

New York Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1896PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Motion to continue, injunction restraining the defendant, the board of education of the city of Brooklyn,. from sum-" marily dismissing the plaintiff'from his place as a teacher in the public schools.

1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.

The plaintiff seeks to enjoin the defendant, •the board of education of the city of- Brooklyn, from sum- ' marily dismissing him from his place as teacher in the public schools of the city of Brooklyn, claiming that he may not be dismissed except for cause found after a trial by the board upon charges. He makes this contention upon two stated grounds, viz., first, that he is an honorably discharged soldier of the war of the rebellion, and, second, that the general school laws of the state entitle all teachers in the common . schools to the protection of such a trial.

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Martin v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
  2. Ham v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  3. People, Ex Rel. Keech v. . ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
  4. Wait v. . RayNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
  5. Gillis v. SpaceNew York Supreme Court · 1872

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Alvin v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
  2. Bell v. City of Few YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
  3. Bell v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899

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