Plymouth-Canton Community Schools v. State Tenure Commission

435 Mich. 76 (1990)

457 N.W.2d 656

PLYMOUTH-CANTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

v.

STATE TENURE COMMISSION

Docket No. 83160, (Calendar No. 5).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued May 1, 1989.

Decided July 2, 1990.

Clark, Hardy, Lewis, Pollard & Page, P.C. (by William G. Albertson), for the plaintiff.

Hiller, Hoekenga & Amberg, P.C. (by Daniel J. Hoekenga, Steven J. Amberg, and Dirk F. Zuschlag), for defendant Kurtz.

BRICKLEY, J.

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