ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ...

Case Year State Action PP
Sweeney v. Special School Dist. 1985 MN R SPLIT
Spurlock v. Bd. of Trustees 1985 WY T SPLIT
Botti v. Southwest Butler Co. School Dist. 1986 PA R SPLIT
Summers v. Vermilion Parish School Bd. 1986 LA T SPLIT
Ratliff v. Wellington Exempted Village Schools Bd. of Educ. 1987 OH NR SPLIT
Hatcher v. Bd. of Pub. Educ. 1987 GA R SPLIT
Rogers v. Kelly 1989 AR T SPLIT
Carrillo v. Rostro 1992 NM NR SPLIT
State ex rel. Smith v. Etheridge 1992 OH R SPLIT
Peterson v. Minidoka Co. School Dist. 1997 ID T SPLIT
Black v. Columbus Pub. Schools 2000 OH R SPLIT
Midlam v. Greenville City School Dist. Bd. of Educ. 2005 OH NR SPLIT
Christensen v. Kingston School Comm. 2005 MA T SPLIT
Everson v. Bd. of Educ. of the School Dist. of Highland Park 2005 MI T SPLIT
Herbert v. City of New York 2010 NY D SPLIT
From Table 8, the researcher was able to learn that school systems are extremely
successful in litigation involving adverse employment actions against school administrators.
Within each different ruling, the researcher was also able to identify certain trends and
commonalities that brought the courts to the same conclusion.
The courts remanded three cases in full for rehearing in the thirty year period. Those
cases are displayed in Table 9.
Table 9
Prevailing Party: None, Case Remanded for Rehearing
Case Year State Action PP
Stafford v. Bd. of Educ. of Casey Co. 1982 KY R N/A
Cooper v. Williamson Co. Bd. of Educ. 1987 TN T N/A
Ray v. Birmingham City Bd. of Educ. 1988 AL T N/A
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