Ex Parte Jackson

Lucy M. Jackson seeks review of a judgment of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals reversing the issuance by the Mobile Circuit Court of a writ of mandamus ordering the Alabama State Tenure Commission ("the Commission") to reverse its decision to uphold Jackson's termination as a public school teacher. We affirm.

Lucy Jackson was a teacher at Howard Elementary School in Mobile. The principal at Howard Elementary recommended that Jackson's employment be terminated, and the Mobile County School Board voted 4-0 to terminate her employment. Jackson appealed her termination to the Commission. As part…