ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ...

Table 11
Prevailing Party--Employee
Case Year State Action PP
Pasqua v. LaFourche Parish School Bd. 1981 LA R E
McManus v. Ind. School Dist. No. 625 1982 MN R E
Bd. of Educ. of Alamogordo Pub. Schools Dist. No.. 1 v. Jennings 1982 NM T E
Rossi v. Bd. of Educ. of City School Dist. of Utica 1983 NY R E
Totten v. Bd. of Educ. of the Co. of Mingo 1983 WV S E
In re Appeal of Cowden 1984 PA R E
Ledew v. School Bd. 1984 FL T E
Burke v. Lead-Deadwood School Dist. 1984 SD T E
Cowan v. Bd. of Educ. 1984 NY R E
Foster v. Bd. of Elem. and Sec. Educ. 1985 LA R E
Gibbons v. New Castle Area School Dist. 1985 PA R E
Pryor School Dist. v. Superintendent of Pub. Instruction 1985 MT T E
Lewis v. Harrison School Dist. No. 1 1986 AR NR E
Abington School Dist. v. Pacropis 1986 PA R E
Litky v. Winchester School Dist. 1987 NH NR E
Desoto Co. School Bd. v. Garrett 1987 MS NR E
Kirschling v. Lake Forest School Dist. 1988 DE T E
Kelly v. Bd. of Educ. 1988 IL R E
Rovello v. Lewis Co. Bd. of Educ. 1989 WV T E
Holmes v. Bd. of Trustees of School Dist. 1990 MT T E
Klein v. Bd. of Educ. 1993 MN R E
Sanders v. Delton-Kellogg Schools 1996 MI R E
Bd. of Educ. v. Van Kast 1993 IL R E
Hinson v. Clinch Co. Bd. of Educ. 2000 GA R E
Kabes v. School Dist. 2004 WI R E
Patten v. Grant Joint Union High School Dist. 2005 CA R E
Flickinger v. Lebanon School Dist. 2006 PA T E
Fiero v. City of New York 2008 NY R E
Martinek v. Belmond-Klemme Comm. School Dist. 2009 IA T E
McFerren v. Farrell Area School Dist. 2010 PA T E
Of the 30 cases, 12 involved administrators questioning the validity of reduction in force
and/or district realignment measures carried out by the school systems and/or boards. For
example, in McManus v. Independent School District no. 625 (1982 Minn.), Abington School
District v. Pacropis (1986 Pa. Commw.), and Holmes v. Board of Trustees of School District
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