Legal Opinion

Pettit v. State Board of Education

California Supreme Court

Decided September 7, 1973No. L.A. 30094PublishedCited by 40 opinions

Stanley Fleishman and David M. Brown for Plaintiff and Appellant.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BURKE, J.

In this case we are asked to review a judgment denying plaintiff mandate to vacate an order of the State Board of Education revoking her elementary school life diploma on the ground that she engaged in certain acts of sexual misconduct evidencing her unfitness to teach. We have concluded that the conduct complained of furnished ample ground to support the order of revocation.

Plaintiff is an elementary school teacher, having held a California teaching credential since 1957. According to the record, in November 1967 plaintiff (then 48 years old) and her husband applied for…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Morrison v. State Board of EducationCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
  2. People v. BassettCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
  3. People v. TriggsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
  4. Coca-Cola Co. v. State Board of EqualizationCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
  5. Perrine v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Thorne v. City of El SegundoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
  2. Resetar v. State Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
  3. Board of Education v. Jack M.California Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Erb v. Iowa State Board of Public InstructionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
  5. Peggy BURTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CASCADE SCHOOL DISTRICT UNION HIGH SCHOOL NO. 5 Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975

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