Legal Opinion
Scott v. Dennis
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 23, 1980No. 11237PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REDMANN, Judge.
Sherrie H. Scott was an employee of the St. Bernard Parish school board. For the three years prior to her taking a sabbatical leave, her duties were to teach reading at Borgnemouth elementary school. When she returned from her leave, she was assigned to teach language at Borgnemouth. She seeks to oblige the board to assign her to teach reading, and appeals from the district court’s refusal of mandamus.
The issue is the meaning of La.R.S. 17:1182’s provision for return “to the same position.” Plaintiffs argument is that her pre-leave position was that of “reading teacher” and…
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